Table 1.

Association of clinicopathological features with expression of LINC00265 in HCC tissues

Pathological parameters		Number	LINC00265 expression		χ2	P value
		(n=46)	High (n=23)	Low (n=23)
Gender					0. 5111	0. 4746
	Male	36	19	17
	Female	10	4	6
Age (Y)					2. 6807	0. 1015
	<50	13	4	9
	≥50	33	19	14
Cirrhosis					1. 0952	0. 2953
	Absent	42	22	20
	Present	4	1	3
Tumor size (cm)					2. 4731	0. 1158
	<5	15	5	10
	>5	31	18	13
TNM stage					7. 2632	0. 0070*
	I+II	19	5	14
	III+IV	27	18	9
Tumor multiplicity					0. 3538	0. 5519
	Single	20	9	11
	Multiple	26	14	12
Degree of differentiation					1. 4603	0. 2269
	Low, medium	28	16	12
	High	18	7	11

HCC; Hepatocellular carcinoma, TNM; Tumor node metastasis, and *; P<0.05.