Clinical and pathological indexes
| |
Nestin expression
| |
---|
Total
|
Low
|
High
|
P
|
---|
n
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
| |
---|
Age (years)
|
≤ 60
|
118
|
52(44.1)
|
66(55.9)
|
0.119
|
|
> 60
|
102
|
54(52.9)
|
48(47.1)
| |
Gender
|
Male
|
109
|
49(45.0)
|
60(55.0)
|
0.208
|
|
Female
|
111
|
57(51.4)
|
54(48.6)
| |
HBsAg
|
Negative
|
120
|
59(49.2)
|
61(50.8)
|
0.427
|
|
Positive
|
100
|
47(47.0)
|
53(53.0)
| |
Albumin
|
≤ 35 g/L
|
124
|
57(46.0)
|
67(54.0)
|
0.498
|
|
> 35 g/L
|
96
|
49(51.0)
|
47(49.0)
| |
Liver cirrhosis
|
Absent
|
73
|
40(54.8)
|
33(45.2)
|
0.107
|
|
Present
|
147
|
66(44.9)
|
81(55.1)
| |
Child-Pugh stage
|
A
|
120
|
57(47.5)
|
63(52.5)
|
0.466
|
|
B
|
100
|
49(49.0)
|
51(51.0)
| |
AFP (ng/ml)
|
≤ 20
|
77
|
35(45.5)
|
42(54.5)
|
0.326
|
|
> 20
|
143
|
71(49.7)
|
72(50.3)
| |
Edmondson-Steiner grade
|
I-II
|
96
|
52(54.2)
|
44(45.8)
|
0.077
|
|
III-IV
|
124
|
54(43.5)
|
70(56.5)
| |
Macroscopic vascular invasion
|
Absent
|
104
|
61(58.7)
|
43(41.3)
|
0.002
*
|
|
Present
|
116
|
45(38.8)
|
71(61.2)
| |
BCLC stage
|
B
|
86
|
52(60.5)
|
34(39.5)
|
0.003
*
|
|
C
|
134
|
54(40.3)
|
80(59.7)
| |
Disease status
|
Confined to the liver
|
100
|
57(57.0)
|
43(43.0)
|
0.012
*
|
|
Metastatic disease
|
120
|
49(40.8)
|
71(59.2)
| |
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Abbreviations: BCLC stage Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer
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*significant difference is shown in bold