Research Article
MiR-221 Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Migration via Targeting PHF2
Table 2
Patients’ characteristics and PHF2 expression.
P values are obtained from
χ2 test.
| Variables | PHF2 staining | High (%) | Low (%) | Total | P |
| All points | 23 (38.3) | 37 (61.7) | 60 | | Age | ≤57 years | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | 15 | 0.646 | >57 years | 18 (40.0) | 27 (60.0) | 45 | | Gender | Male | 16 (41.0) | 23 (59.0) | 39 | 0.559 | Female | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | 21 | | Tumor size | ≤7cm | 13 (27.9) | 25 (72.1) | 38 | 0.388 | >7cm | 10 (34.5) | 12 (65.5) | 22 | | pT status | p | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | 13 | 0.013 | pT3 | 12 (46.2) | 14 (53.8) | 26 | | pT4 | 3 (14.3) | 18 (85.7) | 21 | | pN status | pN0 | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | 17 | 0.032 | pN1 | 8(44.4) | 10 (55.6) | 18 | | pN2-pN3 | 5 (20.0) | 20 (80.0) | 25 | | TNM stage | II | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 23 | 0.022 | III-IV | 10 (27.0) | 27 (73.0) | 37 | | Serum AFP | ≤400μg/L | 14(53.8) | 12(46.2) | 26 | 0.031 | >400μg/L | 9(26.5) | 25(73.5) | 34 | | Microvascular invasion | Yes | 12(37.5) | 20(62.5) | 32 | 0.887 | No | 11(39.3) | 17(60.7) | 28 | | Portal vein tumor thrombus | Yes | 13(41.9) | 18(58.1) | 31 | 0.553 | No | 10(34.5) | 19(65.5) | 29 | |
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