Research Article

A Five-Gene Signature for Recurrence Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of HCC patients.

Clinical and pathological variableGSE14520 ()GSE76427 ()

Gender (male/female)161/2979/21
Age (years)
AVR-CC (no/yes/NA)132/53/5NA
ALT (<=50 U/l/>50 U/l)117/73NA
Main tumor size (<=5 cm/>5 cm/NA)133/56/1NA
Multinodular (no/yes)157/33NA
Cirrhosis (no/yes)16/174NA
TNM stage (I-II/III-IV/NA)168/22/085/14/1
CLIP stage(0/1/2/3)94/70/25/1NA
BCLC stage (0/A/B)20/148/224/71/25
AFP (<=300 ng/ml/>300 ng/ml/NA)108/79/3NA

Abbreviations: AVR-CC: active viral replication chronic carrier; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; TNM: tumor node metastasis; CLIP: cancer liver Italian program; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein.