|  |  | 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 |  |