. 2021 Jan 26;21(3):237. doi: 10.3892/ol.2021.12498

Table I.

Clinical characteristics of HCC stratified by PIGC mRNA expression.

	PIGC mRNA expression

Clinical parameter	Low	High	χ² value	P-value
Age, years			0.302	0.583
≤55	60	65
>55	125	120
Sex			6.496	0.011^a
Male	136	113
Female	49	72
AFP level			22.544	<0.001^a
Normal	122	91
High	15	49
Hepatitis			5.716	0.017^a
No	130	107
Yes	47	67
Drinking			3.612	0.057
No	118	135
Yes	67	50
T stage			1.793	0.181
T1+T2	145	134
T3+T4	39	50
N stage			5.354	0.021^a
N0	116	136
N₁+N_X	69	48
M stage			9.264	0.002^a
M0	63	37
M1+M_X	122	148
G stage			14.978	<0.001^a
G1+G2	134	98
G3+G4	51	87
TNM stage			1.502	0.22
I+II	133	123
III+IV	40	50

P<0.05. HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; PIGC, phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class C; TNM, tumor node metastasis; AFP, α-feroprotein; G, grade.