Clinical Study

Neither MICA Nor DEPDC5 Genetic Polymorphisms Correlate with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence following Hepatectomy

Table 1

Data among HCV-positive patients who underwent hepatectomy for HCC carrying GG, GA, and AA allele at rs2596542 (MICA).

rs2596542GG GA AA value

Age (y), mean ± SD68 ± 169 ± 172 ± 2n.s
Sex (male/female), 21/918/411/1n.s
Platelet count (×104/ L), mean ± SD13.1 ± 1.014.8 ± 1.213.8 ± 1.6n.s
Total bilirubin level (mg/dL), mean ± SD0.9 ± 0.070.9 ± 0.080.9 ± 0.1n.s
Prothrombin time (%), mean ± SD0/11/101/8/130/1/7n.s
ICGR15 (%), mean ± SD15.9 ± 1.416.5 ± 1.714.7 ± 2.3n.s
Operative time (min), mean ± SD369 ± 19342 ± 23322 ± 31n.s
Intraoperative bleeding (mL), mean ± SD779 ± 100586 ± 118617 ± 160n.s
Maximum tumor size (cm), mean ± SD3.7 ± 0.43.3 ± 0.53.3 ± 0.8n.s
AFP level (ng/mL), mean (minimum–maximum) 797 (2.3–17156)284 (2–4746)907 (2.2–10368)n.s
DCP level (mAU/mL), mean (minimum–maximum)2484 (9–46561)2710 (10–31134)538 (9–3817)n.s
Stage (I/II/III/IV), 7/13/9/13/11/8/01/11/0/0n.s
Tumor differentiation (well/moderate/poorly), 5/22/37/13/23/7/2n.s
Fibrosis stage (F0-2/F3-4), 13/1711/114/8n.s

AFP: alpha-fetoprotein, DCP: des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin, HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma, ICGR15: indocyanine green retention at 15 minutes, and n.s: not significant.