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Table 1 Intratumoral and Peritumoral GABAARγ2 expression according to characteristics of HCC patients

From: RNA binding protein Nova1 promotes tumor growth in vivo and its potential mechanism as an oncogene may due to its interaction with GABAA Receptor-γ2

Characteristics

Intratumoral GABAARγ2

peritumoral GABAARγ2

low

high

p values

low

high

p values

n = 52

n = 28

 

n = 34

n = 46

 

Gender

Male

44

24

0.896

29

39

0.949

Female

8

4

 

5

7

 

Age(years)

≤53

33

14

0.243

20

17

0.991

>53

19

14

 

14

29

 

Preoperative AFP(ng/ml)

≤20

15

14

0.06

11

18

0.533

>20

37

14

 

23

28

 

HBsAg

Negtive

11

10

0.158

7

14

0.322

Positive

41

18

 

27

32

 

Cirrhosis

No

2

4

0.176a

2

4

1.000a

Yes

50

24

 

32

42

 

Vascular invasion

No

12

14

0.014

7

19

0.051

Yes

40

14

 

27

27

 

Number

Single

36

26

0.016

25

37

0.465

Multiple

16

2

 

9

9

 

Size(cm)

<5

16

13

0.165

12

16

0.962

≥5

36

15

 

22

30

 

Tumor Differentiation

I-II

7

4

1.000a

4

7

0.751

III-IV

45

24

 

30

39

 

TNM stage

I

11

14

0.008

7

18

0.077

II-III

41

14

 

27

28

 

BCLC stage

A

5

6

0.18

3

8

0.338

B/C

47

22

 

31

38

 
  1. aFisher’s exact test:χ2 for all other analyses