Table 1. The link between NLRC5 protein levels and clinical characteristic of HCC patients.

Clinical characteristic	Number	NLRC5		χ2	P
		Positive	Negative
Age (year)				0.003	0.584
≤60	27	17	10
>60	33	21	12
Gender				0.028	0.542
Male	39	25	14
Female	21	13	8
Cirrhosis				3.603	0.015
With	44	32	12
Without	16	6	10
Tumor size (cm)				1.279	0.194
≤5	27	15	12
>5	33	23	10
Number of tumors				0.096	0.506
Single	45	28	17
Multiple	15	10	5
Differentiation degree				2.453	0.293
High	11	5	6
Medium	33	21	12
Low	16	12	4
TNM stage				6.969	0.011
I+II	39	20	19
III+IV	21	18	3

NLRC5, NLR family CARD domain containing 5; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.