Table 2.

Correlation between IL36 expression and clinical pathological features of HCC patients

	IL36 protein expression		χ2	P value
	positive	negative
Gender			0.0029	0.957
Male	16	48
Female	20	66
Age (years)			0.3477	0.555
≤ 55	21	58
>55	15	56
Liver cirrhosis			5.6328	0.0176
Yes	14	72
No	22	42
TNM classification			1.4914	0.222
I-II	20	48
III-IV	16	66
Tumor size (cm)			1.73433	0.187859
≤4.5	20	48
>4.5	16	66
Metastasis			7.8028	0.005
Yes	40	51
No	12	47
AFP (ug/L)			5.6328	0.018
<400	23	45
≥400	13	69
HBV infection			4.771	0.029
Yes	23	47
No	13	67
HCV infection			4.303	0.038
Yes	16	28
No	20	86
Child-pugh classification			1.0705	0.3
A	20	50
B	16	64
Edmondson grade			3.3458	0.067
III	24	54
IV	12	60
Surgical intervention			7.21	0.007
Radical resection	10	63
Palliative resection	26	51
Post-operative TACE			5.633	0.018
Yes	22	42
No	14	72
Total	36	114