TABLE 1.

Correlation between the clinicopathologic characteristics and miR‐3677‐3p expression in HCC (n = 137)

Clinical parameters	Cases	Expression level		P value
		MiR‐3677‐3phigh (n = 70)	MiR‐3677‐3plow (n = 67)
Age (years)
<65 y	72	35	37	.608
≥65 y	65	35	30
Gender
Male	114	62	52	.110
Female	23	8	15
Tumour size (cm)
<5 cm	50	27	23	.723
≥5 cm	87	43	44
Tumour number
Solitary	80	28	52	.001
Multiple	57	42	15
Edmondson
I + II	89	32	57	.003
III + IV	48	38	10
TNM stage
I + II	87	31	56	.011
III + IV	50	39	11
Venous invasion
Present	73	29	44	.016
Absent	64	41	23
AFP
<400 ng/mL	61	35	26	.229
≥400 ng/mL	76	35	41
HBVsAg
Positive	114	56	58	.364
Negative	23	14	9

Bold font statistically significant.

Abbreviations: AFP, alpha‐feto protein; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; TNM, tumour‐node‐metastasis.