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Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of primary hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

From: Differential expression of Caveolin-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with differentiation state, motility and invasion

   

Caveolin-1

 

Parameters

Variable

No. of patients

(+)

%

p*

Gender

Male

80

53

66.3

0.833

 

Female

15

9

60

 

Tumor size

< 5 cm

78

51

65.4

0.833

 

> 5 cm

17

11

64.7

 

Etiology

Hepatitis viruses

79

52

65.8

0.601

 

Non-viral

11

7

63.6

 
 

Unknown

5

3

60

 

Number of tumor nodules

< 3

43

29

67.4

0.580

 

> 3

52

33

63.5

 

Venous invasion

Present

38

29

76.3

0.02**

 

Absent

57

33

57.9

 

Tumor grade (a)

Well differentiated

18

8

44.4

< 0.001**

 

Moderately differentiated

60

39

65.0

 
 

Poorly differentiated

17

15

88.2

 
  1. * X 2, ** Statistically significant
  2. (a) All of the HCC tissues used in this study are in a cirrhotic background.