Ras-related protein Rab24 plays a predictive role in hepatocellular carcinoma and enhanced tumor proliferation

Table 1 Correlations between Rab24 protein expression and patients’ characteristics

Variables	Cases	Rab24 expression		P value
	n = 147	Low (n = 76)	High (n = 71)
Age, years				0.824
≤ 50	78	41	37
> 50	69	35	34
Sex				0.794
Feale	42	21	21
Male	105	55	50
HBV history				0.780
Negative	43	23	20
Positive	104	53	51
Serum AFP, ng/mL				0.181
≤ 400	60	35	25
> 400	87	41	46
Tumor number				0.005
1	114	66	48
≥ 2	33	10	23
Tumor size, cm				0.003
≤ 3.0	51	35	16
> 3.0	96	41	55
Child-Pugh class				0.406
A	90	50	40
B	48	21	27
C	9	5	4
BCLC stage				0.001
A	57	40	17
B	46	22	24
C	44	14	30
Microvascular invasion				0.035
Absent	107	61	46
Present	40	15	25
Resection margin, cm				0.959
≤ 1.0	68	35	33
> 1.0	79	41	38
Treatment				0.739
Surgery + chemotherapy	89	47	42
Surgery only	58	29	29

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.