Expression of Serum Exosomal MicroRNA-21 in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical and pathological characteristics of patients and volunteers enrolled in the study.

	Healthy control	Chronic hepatitis B	HCC
Case, 𝑛	30	30	30
Age (years)	60.5±7.8	62.0±9.6	62.8±8.1
Sex
Female	9	9	7
Male	21	21	23
HBV status
Positive		22	24
Negative	30	8	6
Liver cirrhosis
Positive	0	0	23
Negative	30	30	7
TNM staging
I			10
II			7
III-IV			13