RETRACTED ARTICLE: BCORL1 is an independent prognostic marker and contributes to cell migration and invasion in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Clinicopathological correlation of BCORL1 expression in HCC

Clinicopathologic features		n	BCORL1		P
Clinicopathologic features		n	High expression (n = 43)	Low expression (n = 43)	P
Age (y)	≤50	34	20	14	0.186
Age (y)	>50	52	23	29	0.186
Sex	Male	76	37	39	0.501
Sex	Female	10	6	4	0.501
HBsAg	No	12	7	5	0.534
HBsAg	Yes	74	36	38	0.534
Serum AFP level (ng/mL)	≤20	26	14	12	0.639
Serum AFP level (ng/mL)	>20	60	29	31	0.639
Tumor size (cm)	≤5	39	18	21	0.516
Tumor size (cm)	>5	47	25	22	0.516
No. of tumor nodules	1	71	31	40	0.011*
No. of tumor nodules	≥2	15	12	3	0.011*
Cirrhosis	Absent	20	7	13	0.126
Cirrhosis	Present	66	36	30	0.126
Venous infiltration	Absent	41	15	26	0.018*
Venous infiltration	Present	45	28	17	0.018*
Edmondson-Steiner grading	I+II	65	30	35	0.209
Edmondson-Steiner grading	III+IV	21	13	8	0.209
TNM tumor stage	I+II	64	28	36	0.048*
TNM tumor stage	III+IV	22	15	7	0.048*

HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, HBV hepatitis B virus, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, TNM tumor-node-metastasis. *Statistically significant

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