LEPREL1 Expression in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Its Suppressor Role on Cell Proliferation

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristic of HCC patients.

	n	LEPREL1 score		P value
		+++	++~+
Age
≦60	56	15	41	0.096
>60	30	3	27
Gender
Male	75	14	61	0.231
Female	11	4	7
HBsAg
+	64	15	49	0.544
−	22	3	19
Size of tumor
≦5	36	4	32	0.066
>5	50	14	36
Edmondson grade
I + II	38	9	29	0.603
III + IV	48	9	39
Vascular invasion
Without	51	11	40	1.000
With	35	7	28
Tumor number
Single	77	14	63	0.087
Multiple	9	4	5
Liver cirrhosis
Without	43	12	31	0.184
With	43	6	37
Coating
Without	67	15	52	0.751
With	19	3	16
AFP
≧400	38	7	31	0.790
<400	48	11	37

LEPREL1: leprecan-like 1; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; AFP: alpha fetoprotein.
The significance of the difference between groups in the table was assessed by chi-squared tests (Fisher’s exact test).