Table 2.

Spearman analysis of correlation between SLPI and clinicopathological.

Variables	SLPI expression level
	Spearman correlation	p value
Age	0.139	0.107
Gender	0.046	0.595
Etiology	0.047	0.604
Imaging cirrhosis	-0.025	0.772
Distribution	-0.155	0.072
Largest tumor size	-0.055	0.525
Method of diagnosis	0.029	0.739
AFP level, ng/mL	0.003	0.973
Pathological differentiation	-0.124	0.15
BCLC stage	-0.022	0.802
Child-Pugh(at randomization)	-0.092	0.289
T classification	-0.125	0.147
N classification	-0.075	0.39
Metastasis	-0.097	0.263
Vital states(at flollow-up)	0.218	0.024