Table 1 Correlation between TUG1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of HCC patients
Characteristics | TUG1 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
High cases (No 47) | Low cases (No 30) | ||
Age (years) | 0.970 | ||
< 50 | 19 | 12 | |
> 50 | 28 | 18 | |
Gender | 0.832 | ||
Male | 37 | 23 | |
Female | 10 | 7 | |
Drinking state | 0.531 | ||
Yes | 28 | 20 | |
No | 19 | 10 | |
HBV | 0.533 | ||
Yes | 40 | 27 | |
No | 7 | 3 | |
Cirrosis | 0.378 | ||
Yes | 37 | 26 | |
No | 10 | 4 | |
AFP | 0.570 | ||
≦20 | 15 | 11 | |
20–400 | 14 | 11 | |
≧400 | 18 | 8 | |
Tumor size | 0.003 | ||
≦3 cm | 7 | 13 | |
3–5 cm | 11 | 11 | |
5–10 cm | 26 | 6 | |
≧10 cm | 3 | 0 | |
BCLC stage | <0.01 | ||
0 | 1 | 3 | |
A | 13 | 21 | |
B | 33 | 6 | |