Expression and Clinical Significance of the Novel Long Noncoding RNA ZNF674-AS1 in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinicopathological correlation of ZNF674-AS1 expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). AFP: Alpha Fetal Protein; PVTT: Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus; .

Parameters	Group	Total	⁢ZNF674-AS1 expression		value
			Low	High
Gender	Male	118	85	33	0.88
	Female	19	14	5
Age	60	88	64	24	0.87
	≥60	49	35	14
Hepatitis B	Absent	40	31	9	0.61
	Present	97	68	29
Liver cirrhosis	Absent	40	31	9	0.38
	Present	97	68	29
AFP	Negative	51	36	15	0.74
	Positive	86	63	23
Tumor size	≤3	27	20	7	0.82
	3	110	79	31
Tumor number	Single	105	79	26	0.16
	Multiple	32	20	12
PVTT	Absent	94	65	29	0.23
	Present	43	34	9
Metastasis	Absent	121	84	37	0.0
	Present	16	15	1
Clinical stage	I-II	102	69	33	0.03
	III-IV	35	30	5
Histopathologic grading	Poorly	102	79	23	0.04
	Well + moderately	35	20	15