Table 1 Demographic and clinicopathological parameters of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (data from 30 clinical patients).
Characteristic | PDI expression | χ2 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
High (n = 17) | Low (n = 13) | |||
Age (years) | ||||
 <60 | 9 | 6 |  |  |
 ≥60 | 8 | 7 | 0.24 | 0.624 |
TNM stage | ||||
 I | 4 | 5 |  |  |
 II | 3 | 4 |  |  |
 III | 4 | 3 |  |  |
 IV | 6 | 1 | 3.497 | 0.321 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 11 | 5 |  |  |
 Female | 6 | 8 | 2.039 | 0.153 |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
 Positive | 3 | 0 |  |  |
 Negative | 14 | 13 | 2.549 | 0.11 |
Survival status | ||||
 Death | 5 | 0 |  |  |
 Survival | 12 | 13 | 19.714 | 0.032 |
