Table 1 Correlation between ZNF479 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of HCC patients

From: ZNF479 downregulates metallothionein-1 expression by regulating ASH2L and DNMT1 in hepatocellular carcinoma

Characters

N

LogTmRNA–logNmRNA

p-value

Total

150

0.27 ± 0.83

 

Age

   

 ≤60 y/o

68

0.31 ± 0.87

NS

 >60 y/o

82

0.24 ± 0.80

Gender

   

 Male

102

0.32 ± 0.87

NS

 Female

48

0.16 ± 0.74

Smoking

   

 Yes

72

0.28 ± 0.85

NS

 No

75

0.29 ± 0.81

 Unknown

3

 

Drinking

   

 Yes

31

0.61 ± 0.85

0.013

 No

116

0.20 ± 0.80

 Unknown

3

 

Tumor size (diameter)

   

 ≤5cm

70

0.43 ± 0.81

0.032

 >5cm

80

0.14 ± 0.83

Pathology type

   

 Solitary

103

0.29 ± 0.82

NS

 Multiple

46

0.26 ± 0.84

 Infiltrative

1

−1.24

Vascular invasion

   

 Absent

49

0.63 ± 0.80

0.001

 Capsular vein invasion

18

0.25 ± 0.84

 Portal vein invasion

83

0.07 ± 0.78

AJCC staging

   

 Stage I

41

0.63 ± 0.79

0.007

 Stage II

57

0.21 ± 0.79

 Stage III

47

0.08 ± 0.87

 Stage IV

5

−0.11 ± 0.45

BCLC staging

   

 Stage A

59

0.54 ± 0.80

0.002

 Stage B

58

0.20 ± 0.86

 Stage C

33

−0.07 ± 0.83

Cirrhosis

   

 Yes

46

0.55 ± 0.94

0.006

 No

104

0.75 ± 0.74

Alpha-fetoprotein

   

 ≤80 ng/ml

92

0.30 ± 0.78

NS

 >80 ng/ml

58

0.22 ± 0.91

Viral infection

   

 Hepatitis B

50

0.46 ± 0.98

NS

 Hepatitis C

50

0.14 ± 0.68

 No hepatitis B or C

50

0.22 ± 0.79

Metastasis

   

 Yes

9

−0.05 ± 0.39

NS

 No

141

0.29 ± 0.85