From: High expression of IL-17 and IL-17RE associate with poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Characteristics | Peritumoral IL-17RE | Intratumoral IL-17RE | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Low | high | p | Low | high | p |
 |  | n = 176 | n = 124 |  | n = 221 | n = 79 |  |
Gender | Male | 144 | 109 | 0.197 | 187 | 66 | 0.857 |
 | Female | 32 | 15 | 34 | 13 |  |  |
Age(years) | ≤53 | 90 | 67 | 0.640 | 121 | 36 | 0.190 |
 | >53 | 86 | 57 | 100 | 43 |  |  |
ALT(U/L) | ≤75 | 154 | 109 | 1.000 | 193 | 70 | 0.844 |
 | >75 | 22 | 15 | 28 | 9 |  |  |
AFP(ng/ml) | >20 | 104 | 87 | 0.52 | 138 | 53 | 0.498 |
 | ≤20 | 72 | 37 |  | 83 | 26 |  |
Hepatitis history | Yes | 130 | 88 | 0.601 | 62 | 20 | 0.769 |
 | No | 46 | 36 | 159 | 59 |  |  |
Cirrhosis | Yes | 155 | 110 | 1.000 | 199 | 66 | 0.152 |
 | No | 21 | 14 | 22 | 13 |  |  |
Vascular invasion | Yes | 38 | 46 | 0.004 | 61 | 23 | 0.884 |
 | No | 138 | 78 | 160 | 56 |  |  |
Encapsulation | Yes | 89 | 68 | 0.483 | 114 | 43 | 0.695 |
 | No | 87 | 56 | 107 | 36 |  |  |
Number | Single | 155 | 108 | 0.859 | 196 | 67 | 0.425 |
 | Multiple | 21 | 16 | 25 | 12 |  |  |
Size(cm) | ≤5 | 122 | 72 | 0.50 | 145 | 49 | 0.585 |
 | >5 | 54 | 52 | 76 | 30 |  |  |
Differentiation | I-II | 128 | 92 | 0.793 | 166 | 54 | 0.299 |
 | III-IV | 48 | 32 | 55 | 25 |  |  |
TNM stage | I | 129 | 73 | 0.012 | 150 | 52 | 0.780 |
 | II-III | 47 | 51 | 71 | 27 |  |  |