Table 1.

Correlation between CTSA expression and clinical outcomes in HCC patients (373 cases, TCGA database).

Characteristics	CTSA level
	N	High (n)	Low (n)	P-value*
Gender
Male	251	130	121	0.358
Female	122	57	65
Age (years)
> 55	246	127	119	0.423
<  = 55	127	60	67
Vascular invasion
Yes	139	84	53	0.001
No	234	103	133
TNM staging
I/II	268	122	146	0.004
III/IV	105	65	40
Serum AFP level (ng/ml)
> 400 ng/ml	133	82	51	0.001
<  = 400 ng/ml	240	105	135
Neoplasm histology grades
G1/G2	227	104	123	0.038
G3/G4	146	83	63
Famliy cancer history
Yes	115	65	50	0.068
No	209	96	113
Adjancent hepatic inflammation
Yes	174	73	101	0.009
No	154	87	67
Radiation
Yes	22	15	7	0.081
No	341	172	169
Pharmaceutical
Yes	42	25	17	0.196
No	331	162	169
BMI (kg/m2)
>  = 24	178	95	83	0.396
< 24	158	77	81