Table 1.

Relationship between LINC00680 and clinicopathological parameters of 74 HCC patients

Variables	Number of cases	LINC00680 expression		P value
		low	high
Ages
≥ 50	40	21	19
< 50	34	16	18	0.641
Gender
Male	61	31	30
Female	13	6	7	0.588
Etiology
No	33	16	17
Yes	41	21	20	0.815
Serum AFP
≤ 200	38	18	20
> 200	36	19	17	0.642
Tumor stage
I/II	52	30	22
III/IV	22	7	15	0.042
Tumor size
≤ 5 cm	41	29	12
> 5 cm	33	8	25	< 0.001
Alcohol history
No	37	18	19
Yes	37	19	18	0.816
Cirrhosis
No	34	26	8
Yes	40	11	29	< 0.001
Microvascular invasion
No	41	30	11
Yes	33	7	26	< 0.001
Smoking
No	42	22	20
Yes	32	15	17	0.639