Table 2 Associations between the risk score and characteristics of HCC patients in training cohort.

From: Identification and validation of a novel pyroptosis-related lncRNAs signature associated with prognosis and immune regulation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Characteristic

Low-risk group (n = 124)

High-risk group (n = 123)

P value

Age, median (IQR)

61 (51, 69)

61 (52, 69)

0.924

BMI, meidan (IQR)

25.65 (23.36, 30.12)

23.42 (20.94, 27.45)

 < 0.001

Gender, n (%)

  

0.966

Female

38 (30.6%)

39 (31.7%)

 

Male

86 (69.4%)

84 (68.3%)

 

Family cancer history, n (%)

  

0.736

Yes

38 (35.5%)

37 (32.5%)

 

No

69 (64.5%)

77 (67.5%)

 

Race, n (%)

122

119

0.360

American Indian or Alaska native

0 (0%)

1 (0.8%)

 

Asian

56 (45.9%)

56 (47.1%)

 

Black or African American

3 (2.5%)

7 (5.9%)

 

White

63 (51.6%)

55 (46.2%)

 

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

 

118

0.392

Yes

38 (32.8%)

46 (39.0%)

 

No

78 (67.2%)

72 (61.0%)

 

Hepatitis B, n (%)

  

0.224

Yes

41 (35.3%)

32 (27.1%)

 

No

75 (64.7%)

86 (72.9%)

 

Hepatitis C, n (%)

  

0.533

Yes

18 (15.5%)

14 (11.9%)

 

No

98 (84.5%)

104 (88.1%)

 

T stage, n (%)

  

0.031

T1

71 (57.7%)

51 (41.5%)

 

T2

29 (23.6%)

30 (24.3%)

 

T3

19 (15.4%)

35 (28.5%)

 

T4

3 (2.4%)

7 (5.7%)

 

TX

1 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

 

N stage, n (%)

  

0.945

N0

85 (68.4%)

82 (67.2%)

 

N1

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.8%)

 

NX

38 (30.6%)

39 (32.0%)

 

M stage, n (%)

  

0.711

M0

91 (73.4%)

86 (69.9%)

 

M1

1 (0.8%)

2 (1.6%)

 

MX

32 (25.8%)

35 (28.5%)

 

Pathologic stage, n (%)

  

0.013

Stage I

69 (59.0%)

49 (42.6%)

 

Stage II

28 (23.9%)

27 (23.5%)

 

Stage III

18 (15.4%)

37 (32.2%)

 

Stage IV

2 (1.7%)

2 (1.7%)

 

Neoplasm histologic grade, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

G1

23 (18.9%)

10 (8.3%)

 

G2

65 (53.3%)

53 (43.8%)

 

G3

33 (27.0%)

49 (40.5%)

 

G4

1 (0.8%)

9 (7.4%)

 

Child–pugh classification grade, n (%)

  

0.787

A

86 (93.5%)

61 (91.0%)

 

B

6 (6.5%)

6 (9.0%)

 

Microvascular invasion, n (%)

  

0.113

Yes

33 (29.2%)

39 (40.6%)

 

None

80 (70.8%)

57 (59.4%)

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