Research Article
TFAP4 Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Invasion and Metastasis via Activating the PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway
Table 1
Correlation between clinicopathological parameters and TFAP4 expression in HCC patients.
| Clinicopathological parameters | Cases () | TFAP4 expression | value | High | Low |
| Age (year) | | | | | <60 | 176 | 85 | 91 | 0.536 | ≥60 | 41 | 22 | 19 | | Gender | | | | | Male | 194 | 100 | 94 | 0.056 | Female | 23 | 7 | 16 | | HBsAg | | | | | Positive | 183 | 92 | 91 | 0.510 | Negative | 34 | 15 | 19 | | AFP (μg/l) | | | | | <400 | 135 | 65 | 70 | 0.661 | ≥400 | 82 | 42 | 40 | | Tumor size (maximal diameter) | | | | | <5cm | 107 | 52 | 55 | 0.836 | ≥5cm | 110 | 55 | 55 | | Number of tumors | | | | | Solitary | 181 | 87 | 94 | 0.412 | Multiple | 36 | 20 | 16 | | Encapsulation | | | | | Destructed | 74 | 40 | 34 | 0.315 | Intact | 143 | 67 | 76 | | Vascular invasion | | | | | Yes | 191 | 17 | 9 | 0.081 | No | 26 | 90 | 101 | | TNM stage | | | | | I-II | 184 | 92 | 92 | 0.631 | III | 33 | 15 | 18 | | BCLC stage | | | | | 0-A | 177 | 84 | 93 | 0.251 | B | 40 | 23 | 17 | | Differentiated | | | | | I-II | 173 | 88 | 85 | 0.363 | III-IV | 44 | 19 | 25 | | Micrometastasis | | | | | Yes | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0.273 | No | 201 | 97 | 104 | |
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