Table 1.

Clinicopathological characteristics of patient samples and expression of DPT in HCC

Characteristics	No. of case (%)
Age
<50	14 (23.3)
≥50	46 (76.7)
Gender
Male	49 (81.7)
Female	11 (18.3)
Alcoholism
Yes	16 (26.7)
No	44 (73.3)
Liver cirrhosis
Yes	35 (58.3)
No	25 (41.7)
AFP (ng/L)
<200	40 (66.7)
≥200	20 (33.3)
ALT (U/L)
<60	42 (70.0)
≥60	30 (30.0)
AST (U/L)
<40	40 (66.7)
≥40	20 (33.3)
Tumor number
Single	36 (60.0)
Multiple	24 (40.0)
Tumor size
<5cm	31 (51.7)
≥5cm	29 (48.3)
Portal vein invasion
Yes	13 (21.7)
No	47 (78.3)
TNM stage
I+II stage	52 (86.7)
III+IV stage	8 (13.3)

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; AFP, α-fetoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TNM, tumor node metastasis.