Table 1.

Correlations between ACTN1 expression and clinicopathologic parameters in HCC patients

Variable	ACTN1 (n)
	Low (n = 41)	High (n = 116)	P-value
Age
≤ 50 years	20	53	0.733
>  50 years	21	63
Gender
Female	7	21	0.882
Male	34	95
Hepatitis history
Yes	32	91	0.957
No	9	25
Gamma-glutamytransferase
≤ 50(U/L)	13	40	0.747
>  50(U/L)	28	76
*Alpha-fetoprotein
≤ 20 ng/mL	19	27	0.005
>  20 ng/mL	22	89
*Tumor thrombus
Yes	7	41	0.029
No	34	75
Tumor differentiation
I-II	15	44	0.878
III	26	72
Vascular invasion
Yes	18	36	0.136
No	23	80
*Tumor size
≤ 5 cm	35	79	0.033
>  5 cm	6	37
*TNM stage
I-II	33	73	0.039
III	8	43

Pearson’s χ² test was used. The asterisk indicates P-values with significant differences