Table 2.

Clinic pathologic variables in 41 HCC patients

Variables	No. (n=41)	MTA1 expression		P value
		Low (n=16)	High (n=25)
Age
< 50	15	4	11	0.218
≥ 50	26	12	14
Gender
Male	34	15	19	0.141
Female	7	1	6
Tumor size
Small (< 5 cm)	18	10	8	0.055
Large (≥ 5 cm)	23	6	17
clinicopathologic stage
I-II	26	14	12	0.010
III	15	2	13