Table 3 Correlation between miR-196b expression and clinicopathological characteristics of 72 HCC Patients

From: MicroRNA-196a/-196b regulate the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma through modulating the JAK/STAT pathway via targeting SOCS2

Clinicopathological feature

miR-196b expression

P value

High n (%)

Down n (%)

Age

  

>0.05

 <55 years

21 (52.5)

19 (47.5)

 

 ≥55 years

18 (56.2)

14 (43.8)

 

Gender

  

>0.05

 Female

16 (57.1)

12(42.9)

 

 Male

23 (52.3)

21 (47.7)

 

Tumor size

  

<0.05

 >5 cm

33 (67.3)

16 (32.7)

 

 ≤5 cm

6 (26.1)

17 (73.9)

 

AFP (μg/L)

  

>0.05

 Normal

17 (50)

17 (50)

 

 Abnormal

22 (57.9)

16 (42.1)

 

 HBsAg

  

>0.05

 Present

29 (55.8)

23 (44.2)

 

 Absent

10 (50)

10 (50)

 

Lymph node metastasis

  

<0.05

 Yes

13 (65)

7 (35)

 

 No

26 (50)

26 (50)

 

TNM stage

  

<0.05

 I–II

10 (35.7)

18 (44.3)

 

 III–IV

29 (65.9)

15 (34.1)

 

ALBI grade

  

<0.05

 1

12 (42.9)

16 (57.1)

 

 2

25 (59.5)

17 (40.5)

 

 3

2 (100)

0 (0)

 
  1. AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen;
  2. TNM: tumor-node-metastasis; ALBI: albumin–bilirubin.