Table 1. Association analysis of lncHCP5 expression and the clinicopathological features in 80 HCC patients.

Characteristics	Case number	lncHCP5		P-value
		Low (n=40)	High (n=40)
Number	80	40	40
Ages (years)				0.4957
< 65 years	47	25	22
≥ 65 years	33	15	18
Gender				0.1990
Male	61	33	28
Female	19	7	12
AFP, μg/L				0.4123
<400 ng/ml	17	7	10
≥ 400 ng/ml	63	33	30
Cirrhosis				0.5762
Absent	16	9	7
Present	64	31	33
Tumor size				0.0008
≤ 5 cm	32	23	9
> 5 cm	48	17	33
Tumor number				0.1305
Single	46	27	22
Multiple	34	13	21
Vascular invasion				0.0013
Absent	18	3	15
Present	62	37	25
TNM stage				0.0116
I - II	49	30	19
III-IV	31	10	21
Edmondson				0.0005
I - II	51	33	18
III + IV	29	7	22
Capsular
Present	53	25	28	0.4781
Absent	27	15	12

^aTwo-sided chi-squared test.

The median expression level was used as the cut-off.