Table 1.

Correlation between CENPU expression and clinicopathologic parameters in HCC patients

Characteristics	Patients	CENPU expression		p value
	N=80	High	Low
Age				0.4912
< 65	49	23	26
≥ 65	31	17	14
Gender				0.5923
Female	18	10	8
Male	62	30	32
Tumour Size (cm)				0.1521
< 5	54	24	30
≥ 5	26	16	10
AFP (μg/L)				0.1709
< 400	48	21	27
≥ 400	32	19	13
PVTT				0.0253*
No	64	28	36
Yes	16	12	4
TNM stage				0.0147*
I+II	56	23	33
III+IV	24	17	7
Cirrhosis				0.4693
No	25	11	14
Yes	55	29	26
HBV infection				0.1035
No	29	11	18
Yes	51	29	22
Lymph metastasis				0.7094
No	72	37	35
Yes	8	3	5
BCLC stage				0.0452*
Low	58	25	33
High	22	15	7

PVTT: portal vein tumour thrombus; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.

Bold italics indicate statistically significant values (*p < 0.05).