Granulin-epithelin precursor interacts with 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein in hepatocellular carcinoma

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Clinico-pathological features of GRP78 expression in HCC samples

	GRP78
Clinico-pathological parameters	Low	High	P value^a
Age
Young (≤60)	25	29	1.000
Elderly (>60)	11	12	1.000
Sex
Male	30	32	0.983
Female	6	9	0.983
Venous infiltration
Absent	23	14	0.044^*
Present	13	27	0.044^*
Tumor stage
Early stages	23	28	0.997
Late stages	13	13	0.997
Tumor size
Small (≤5 cm)	9	9	0.999
Large (>5 cm)	27	32	0.999

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