Clinicopathological Significance of MicroRNA-20b Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Regulation of HIF-1α and VEGF Effect on Cell Biological Behaviour

Table 1

Association between miR-20b expression and clinicopathological features of HCC.

Variables	miRNA-20b expression; high ( = 45)	miRNA-20b expression; low ( = 31)
Age (years)
≤57	20	18	0.243
>57	25	13
Gender
Male	32	25	0.356
Female	13	6
Tumor size (cm)
≥5	27	15	0.317
<5	18	16
AFP (ng/mL)
≥400	19	17	0.279
<400	26	14
Metastasis
Yes	37	10
No	8	21
Tumor grade
G1	12	6	0.147
G2	17	7
G3	16	18
TNM stage
I-II	14	26
III-IV	31	5
Tumor recurrence
Yes	32	14
No	13	17
Microvascular invasion
Yes	29	5
No	16	26

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