Table 1.

The correlation between PANK1 expression and the clinical features of HCC.

Characteristic	Total	PANK1 Expression		χ2	P
		Down-regulated (n=100)	Up-regulated (n=99)
Gender				0.167	0.432
Male	184	91	93
Female	15	9	6
Age (years)				0.042	0.838
≤50	114	58	56
>50	85	42	43
BMI (kg/m 2 )				0.13	0.937
≤18.5	9	5	4
18-25	127	64	63
≥25	63	31	32
Tumor size				4.756	0.029*
≤11	170	80	90
>11	29	20	9
Tumor number				0.447	0.504
≤1	174	89	85
≥2	25	11	14
Paracancerous microtumor				0.472	0.492
No	128	62	66
Yes	71	38	33
Intratumoral hemangioma				0.007	0.933
No	116	58	58
Yes	83	42	41
Ascites				2.133	0.144
No	181	88	93
Yes	18	12	6
Cirrhosis				0.439	0.565
Ⅰ-Ⅱ	118	57	61
Ⅲ-Ⅳ	81	43	38
PVTT				0.447	0.529
No	174	89	85
Yes	25	11	14
Capsular invasion				0.533	0.465
Ⅰ-Ⅱ	140	68	72
Ⅲ	59	32	27
Tumor grade				1.044	0.307
Ⅰ-Ⅱ	50	22	28
Ⅲ	149	78	71

*, P<0.05