Table 3. The relationship between IER3 expression and clinicopathological arguments of HCC based on the TCGA database.

Clinicopathologic arguments		Number	IER3 expression	R	p- value
Age	≥60	232	10.79 ± 0.91	0.006	0.938
	<60	191	8.16 ± 0.94
Gender	Male	280	9.53 ± 1.61	0.075	0.389
	Female	143	9.73 ± 1.61
Pathologic grade	G1–G2	265	9.47 ± 1.61	0.18	0.027
	G3–G4	150	9.82 ± 1.60
Pathologic stage	I–II	288	9.56 ± 1.61	0.677	<0.001
	III–IV	103	9.66 ± 1.65
New tumour event after initial treatment	No	196	9.49 ± 1.50	0.995	<0.001
	Yes	198	9.65 ± 1.68
Alcohol history	No	275	9.58 ± 1.67	0.265	0.003
	Yes	126	9.60 ± 1.59

Notes.

HCC

hepatocellular carcinoma

IER3

immediate early response 3

TCGA

The Cancer Genome Atlas

R

Pearson correlation coefficient