Effect and mechanism of reactive oxygen species-mediated NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 inflammasome activation in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Table 1 Correlation between NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 expression and clinicopathological parameters

Characteristics	n	NLRP3		Pvalue
		Low expression, n = 30	High expression, n = 30
Age (yr)				0.787
≥ 50	21	11	10
< 50	39	19	20
Sex				0.195
Male	33	14	19
Female	27	16	11
Serum AFP (ng/mL)				0.796
< 20	32	16	15
≥ 20	28	14	15
Jaundice symptoms				< 0.001
Yes	34	8	26
No	26	22	4
Primary lesion size (cm)				0.071
≥ 5	51	23	28
< 5	9	7	2
Child-Pugh class				0.012
A	42	26	16
B	18	4	12

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; NLRP3: NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3.