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Table 1 Correlation of Musashi-1 expression in HCC tissues with its clinical characteristics

From: Upregulation of musashi1 increases malignancy of hepatocellular carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and predicts a poor prognosis

Varriable

N (67)

Musashi-1 expression

χ2 value

P value

Low (27)

High (40)

Gender

   

0.011

0.915

 Male

55

22

33

  

 Female

12

5

7

  

Age, years

   

0.298

0.585

 ≤ 50

30

11

19

  

 >50

37

16

21

  

HBsAg

   

1.513

0.219

 Negative

17

9

8

  

 Positive

50

18

32

  

AFP, ng/mL

   

3.118

0.077

 < 20

15

9

6

  

20

52

18

34

  

No. of tumors

   

0.436

0.509

 Single

29

13

16

  

 Multiple

38

14

24

  

Tumor size, cm

   

2.053

0.152

 ≤ 5

23

12

11

  

 >5

44

15

29

  

Tumor encapsulation

   

3.522

0.061

 Complete

28

15

13

  

 None

39

12

27

  

Tumor differentiation

   

4.204

0.040

 Poor

22

5

17

  

 Well

45

22

23

  

Vascular invasion

   

4.376

0.036

 No

27

15

12

  

 Yes

40

12

28

  

Intrahepatic metastasis

   

5.070

0.024

 No

31

17

14

  

 Yes

36

10

26

  

Extrahepatic metastasis

   

5.713

0.017

 No

49

24

25

  

 Yes

18

3

15