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Table 2 Correlation between lncRNA PTTG3P expression and clinicopathological characteristics in 46 HCC patients (cohort 1)

From: The long non-coding RNA PTTG3P promotes cell growth and metastasis via up-regulating PTTG1 and activating PI3K/AKT signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma

Features

All cases

lncRNA PTTG3P expression

aP value

Low

High

Total number

46

16

30

 

Age

   

0.057

 > 55

20

10

10

 

 ≤55

26

6

20

 

Gender

   

0.698

 Male

37

12

25

 

 Female

9

4

5

 

HBsAg

   

0.605

 positive

31

10

21

 

 negative

15

6

9

 

Liver cirrhosis

   

0.382

 with

27

8

19

 

 without

19

8

11

 

Tumor size(cm)

   

0.041*

 > 5

25

5

20

 

 ≤5

23

11

12

 

Tumor number

   

0.694

 solitary

38

14

24

 

 multiple

8

2

6

 

Edmondson grade

   

0.681

 I + II

7

3

4

 

 III

39

13

26

 
  1. aFor analysis of correlation between lncRNA PTTG3P levels and clinical features, Pearson’s chi-square tests were used. When the expected count of variable was less than 5, Fisher’s exact tests was used. *, P < 0 .05