Table 2.

Association between the expression of CMTM1 and clinicopathological features of HCC patients

Variables	Total	CMTM1 staining		χ 2	P
		Positive	Negative
Gender
Male	61	52	9	0.002	0.964
Female	14	12	2
Age, year
<50	34	28	6	0.441	0.506
≥50	41	36	5
Smoking
No	42	37	5	0.582	0.446
Yes	33	27	6
Alcohol intake
No	35	31	4	0.550	0.458
Yes	40	33	7
HCC family history
No	63	56	7	3.977	0.046
Yes	12	8	4
HBV infection
No	15	14	1	0.959	0.327
Yes	60	50	10
Liver cirrhosis
No	37	30	7	1.055	0.304
Yes	38	34	4
AFP (ng/mL)
<400	32	27	5	0.041	0.840
≥400	43	37	6
Tumor diameter (cm)
<5	39	31	8	2.219	0.136
≥5	36	33	3
Tumor number
1	40	34	6	0.008	0.930
≥2	35	30	5
Tumor grade
I + II	42	35	7	0.305	0.581
III + IV	33	29	4
TNM stage
T1 + T2	39	30	9	4.592	0.032
T3 + T4	36	34	5
Metastasis
No	48	41	7	0.001	0.987
Yes	27	23	4

Notes: Bold values indicate significance.