Research Article
CD44 Gene Polymorphisms on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Susceptibility and Clinicopathologic Features
Table 1
The distributions of demographical characteristics in 561 controls and 203 patients with HCC.
| | Variable | Controls () | Patients () | value |
| | Age (yrs) | | | | | Mean ± S.D. | | | | | Gender | (%) | (%) | | | Male | 457 (81.5%) | 141 (69.5%) | | | Female | 104 (18.5%) | 62 (30.5%) | | | Alcohol consumption | | | | | No | 347 (61.9%) | 134 (66.0%) | | | Yes | 214 (38.1%) | 69 (34.0%) | | | Tobacco consumption | | | | | No | 341 (60.8%) | 123 (60.6%) | | | Yes | 220 (39.2%) | 80 (39.4%) | | | Stage | | | | | I + II | | 127 (62.6%) | | | III + IV | | 76 (37.4%) | | | Tumor T status | | | | | ≤T2 | | 129 (63.5%) | | | >T2 | | 74 (36.5%) | | | Lymph node status | | | | | N0 | | 194 (95.6%) | | | N1 + N2 | | 9 (4.4%) | | | Metastasis | | | | | M0 | | 192 (94.6%) | | | M1 | | 11 (5.4%) | |
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Mann-Whitney test or Fisher’s exact test was used between healthy controls and patients with HCC. * value < 0.05 is statistically significant.
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