Table 1.

Relationship between Sox15 expression and clinicopathological feature in 144 HCC cases.

Characteristic	Sox15 expression level		P-Value
	High	Low
Mean age	58.8 ± 11.1	55.5 ± 10.3	0.073
AFP			0.906
<400	43	63
≥400	15	23
Tumor grade			0.220
Low and moderate	37	46
High	21	40
Size (cm)			0.001
<5	36	29
≥5	22	57
Tumor number			0.139
1	48	62
≥2	10	24
PVTT			0.326
Absent	44	71
Present	14	15

AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; PVTT, portal vein tumor thrombus.