High expression of thymosin beta 10 predicts poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy

Table 1 Correlations between Tbeta10 expression and clinicopathological features of 196 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Variables	All patients (n = 196)	Low Tbeta10 (n = 82)	High Tbeta10 (n = 114)	P value
Age (years)
≤50	119		69	0.949
>50	77	32	45
Gender
Male	162	68	194	0.932
Female	34	14	20
HBV infection
Absent	23	10	13	0.865
Present	173	72	101
AFP level
≤25 ng/ml	61	30	31	0.161
>25 ng/ml	135	52	83
Liver cirrhosis
Absent	55	25	30	0.521
Present	141	57	84
Tumor size (cm)
≤5 cm	80	37	43	0.298
>5 cm	116	45	71
Tumor number
Single	163	73	90	0.063
2 to 3	33	9	24
TNM stage
I to II	146	72	74	<0.001
III	50	10	40
Tumor differentiation
I to II	100	44	56	0.531
III to IV	96	38	58
Vascular invasion
Absent	167	74	93	0.092
Present	29	8	21

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