Table I.

Association between the clinical characteristics of the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (n=78) and HOXA11-AS expression.

Parameter	No. of patients	HOXA11-AS expression		P-value
		High (n=40)	Low (n=38)
Age (years)
≤60	44	15	29	0.479
≥60	31	25	6
Sex
Male	37	27	10	0.535
Female	41	13	28
Tumor size (cm)
≤7	46	12	34	0.032a
≥7	32	28	4
Tumor staging (HCC)
I+II	36	10	26	0.019a
III	42	30	12

^aP<0.05, using median expression level of HOXA11-AS as the cut-off value.