Expression of fragile histidine triad in primary hepatocellular carcinoma and its relation with cell proliferation and apoptosis

Table 1 Relationship between FHIT expression and clinicopathological indices of HCC.

	n	FHIT score		P
		-	+
Age (yr)
≤45	18	10	8	0.658
>45	29	18	11
Sex
Male	38	21	18	0.278
Female	9	7	2
Histological grade
I-II	39	21	18	0.119
III	8	7	1
TNM stage
I-II	13	4	9	0.013
III-IV	34	24	10
Tumor size (diameter)
<50 mm	19	12	7	0.68
≥50 mm	28	16	12
Extrahepatic metastasis
Positive	15	13	2	0.01
Negative	32	15	17