Accumulation of AGO2 Facilitates Tumorigenesis of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

The correlation of AGO2 expression with clinical parameters of HCC patients. CC, correlation coefficient.

Clinical data	Samples (90)	AGO2 expression in HCC tissues					AGO2 expression in noncancerous tissue
		Low (26)	High (61)	Lost (3)	CC	value	Low (85)	High (3)	Lost (2)	CC	value
Ages					-0.001	0.989				0.017	0.876
≤65	77	22	53	2			72	3	2
>65	12	4	7	1			12	0	0
Lost	1	0	1	0			1	0	0
Tumor size					-0.272	0.011				0.045	0.677
≤5 cm	39	8	30	1			38	1	0
>5 cm	50	18	30	2			46	2	2
Lost	1	0	1	0			1	0	0
Gender					0.081	0.454				0.014	0.895
Male	81	24	54	3			76	3	2
Female	9	2	7	0			9	0	0
Lost	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Grade					0.064	0.559				0.106	0.327
I	3	1	2	0			3	0	0
II	54	17	35	2			51	1	2
III	33	8	24	1			31	2	0
Lost	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
T staging					-0.147	0.195				0.205	0.068
T1	11	3	7	1			11	0	0
T2	29	6	23	0			28	0	1
T3	39	14	23	2			36	2	1
T4	3	0	3	0			3	0	0
Lost	8	3	5	0			7	1	0
N staging					-0.043	0.703				0.006	0.959
N0	81	23	55	3			77	2	2
NI	1	0	1	0			1	0	0
Lost	8	3	5	0			7	1	0
M staging					-0.139	0.215				0.006	0.959
M0	82	23	56	3			78	2	2
M1	1	1	0	0			1	0	0
Lost	7	2	5	0			6	1	0