Table 1.

Association between BUB1B expression and clinicopathological features in patients with HCC (n = 80)

Characteristics	Number	BUB1B expression		P‐value
		Low group	High group
Age(years)
<50	23	10	13	.459
≥50	57	30	27
Gender
Female	27	10	17	.098
Male	53	30	23
Cirrhosis
Present	67	35	32	.363
Absent	13	5	8
HBV infection
Positive	70	34	36	.499
Negative	10	6	4
Tumor size(cm)
<5	44	31	13	P < .001 ***
≥5	36	9	27
Microvascular invasion
Presence	38	10	28	P < .001 ***
Absence	42	30	12
Tumor multiplicity
Simple	38	24	14	.025 *
Multiple	42	16	26
α‐Fetoprotein (ng/ml)
≤20	43	20	23	.501
>20	37	20	17
TNM stage
I	36	24	12	.007 **
II/III	44	16	28
Edmonson stage
I/II	42	28	14	.002 **
III/IV	38	12	26

^* P < .05

^** P < .01

^*** P < .001