Table 1.
Correlation between CRBP-1 expression and clinicopathological variables in 104 HCC patients
| Variables | CRBP-1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | p value | |
| All patients | 34 | 70 | |
| Age (years) | 0.408b | ||
| ≤ 60 | 21 | 40 | |
| > 60 | 13 | 30 | |
| Gender | 0.570b | ||
| Males | 27 | 58 | |
| Females | 7 | 12 | |
| AFP (ng/mL) | 0.369b | ||
| ≤ 400 | 17 | 28 | |
| > 400 | 17 | 42 | |
| Pathological stage | 0.049b | ||
| High | 8 | 15 | |
| Middle | 23 | 34 | |
| Low | 3 | 21 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | < 0.001b | ||
| ≤ 5 | 27 | 29 | |
| > 5 | 7 | 41 | |
| Child grade | |||
| A | 28 | 57 | 0.570b |
| B | 6 | 13 | |
| ALT (U/L) | 71.9 ± 10.8 | 77.9 ± 7.19 | 0.638a |
| AST (U/L) | 76.3 ± 12.9 | 74.6 ± 6.21 | 0.891a |
| PLT (109/L) | 185.5 ± 14.3 | 175.8 ± 7.77 | 0.518a |
| ALB (g/L) | 37.1 ± 2.07 | 37.9 ± 1.27 | 0.748a |
a Statistical analysis was performed with Mann-Whitney U test. b Statistical analysis was performed with Fisher’s exact probability test