Expression and significance of new inhibitor of apoptosis protein survivin in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Relationship of the expression of survivin and clinicopatho-logical factors of HCC

	n	Survivin		P
		Positive (n)	Percent (%)
Tissue				< 0.01
Cirrhosis	38	3	7.9
HCC	38	23	60.5
Age (yr)				> 0.05
< 60	31	19	61.3
≥ 60	7	4	57.1
Sex				> 0.05
Male	33	21	63.6
Female	5	2	40
Size (cm)				> 0.05
≥ 5	17	12	70.6
< 5	21	11	52.4
Differentiation				> 0.05
Moderate to well	16	9	56.3
Poor	22	14	63.6
Metastasis				< 0.05
Positive	14	12	85.7
Negative	24	11	45.8