Research Article

MYC Promotes LDHA Expression through MicroRNA-122-5p to Potentiate Glycolysis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 2

Relationship between MYC levels and clinicopathological features of HCC patients.

Clinicopathological featuresMYC expression
Mean ± standard deviation

Sex>0.05
 Male40
 Female19
Age (years)>0.05
 ≤4535
 >4524
Tumor diameter (cm)< 0.05
 ≤ 427
 > 432
Tissue differentiation< 0.05
 Poor11
 Moderate23
 Well25
Lymph node metastasis>0.05
 Yes13
 No46
TNM staging< 0.05
 I19
 II25
 IIIa15

Note: HCC: hepatocellular cancer; TNM: tumor, node, metastases.