Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 81 HCC patients according to SDPR expression level.

From: Serum deprivation-response protein induces apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma through ASK1-JNK/p38 MAPK pathways

Characteristics

Number of cases

SDPR expression

p Value

Low (n = 40)

High (n = 41)

Age (years)

   

0.483 

 ≥Median (58)

41

16

25

 <Median (58)

40

14

16

Gender

   

0.171

 Male

64

34

30

 Female

17

6

11

Tumor size

   

0.029*

 ≥5 cm

56

22

34

 <5 cm

25

18

7

Histologic grade

   

0.001***

 Poor or moderate

44

15

19

 Well

37

25

12

HBV infection

   

0.807

 Positive

67

33

34

 Negative

14

7

7

Liver cirrhosis

   

0.512

 Yes

51

24

26

 No

30

16

14

Serum AFP (μg/L)

   

0.332

 ≥400

59

30

29

 <400

22

10

12

PVTT

   

0.015*

 Yes

28

10

18

 No

53

30

23

TNM stage

   

0.006**

 Stage III + IV

47

16

31

 Stage I + II

34

24

10

  1. PVTT portal vein tumor thrombus.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
  3. The p values with significance are marked in bold.