High Expression Levels of SLC38A1 Are Correlated with Poor Prognosis and Defective Immune Infiltration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Table 2
The association between SLC38A1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics (logistic regression, CPTAC database).
Clinicopathological characteristics
Total (N)
Odds ratio for SLC38A1 protein expression
p value
Age (years)
>60 vs. ≤ 60
152
0.523 (0.252–1.061)
0.076
Sex
Male vs. female
152
1.181 (0.530–2.657)
0.684
Differentiation
Poor vs. well + moderateb
152
2.619 (1.346–5.206)
0.005∗
Cirrhosis
Positive vs. negative
152
1.284 (0.642–2.586)
0.480
Size (cm)
>5 vs. ≤ 5
152
1.447 (0.765–2.753)
0.257
Thrombus
Positive vs. negative
152
2.237 (1.051–4.935)
0.040∗
Lymphatic metastasis
Positive vs. negative
152
1 (0.039–25.600)
1.000
Encapsulation
Positive vs. negative
152
0.939 (0.466–1.887)
0.859
Note.bThere was only one patient in the well differentiation group. Therefore, patients with well and moderate differentiation were pooled for analysis; .
