Table 2 Correlation of CD68⁺ macrophage with known clinicopathologic characteristics in peritumoral liver tissue and in tumor tissue in 149 HCC cases

  ≤ 55

35

56

43

48

  > 55

32

26

0.034

30

28

0.358

 Male

40

42

39

43

 Female

27

40

0.192

34

33

0.412

  ≤ 400

46

64

55

55

  > 400

21

18

0.134

18

21

0.411

  ≤ 5

53

69

61

61

  > 5

14

13

0.280

12

15

0.379

 Complete

38

36

39

35

 Incomplete

29

46

0.082

34

41

0.231

 I-II

51

64

60

55

 III-IV

16

18

0.466

13

21

0.109

 I

54

54

49

59

 II-III

13

28

0.033

24

17

0.105

 Yes

36

41

37

40

 No

31

41

0.387

36

36

0.471