Overexpression of p28/gankyrin in human hepatocellular carcinoma and its clinical significance

Table 1 Clinical profiles of patients with HCC: Comparison with p28 mRNA expression

Variables	n	mRNA levela	Df	p-valueb
Age (years)			62	0.231
< 40	18	2.910 ± 0.695
40-60	35	2.790 ± 0.367
> 60	11	1.673 ± 0.546
Sex			62	0.401
Male	58	2.734 ± 0.422
Female	6	2.650 ± 0.238
HBsAg			62	0.269
Positive	45	2.919 ± 0.426
Negative	19	2.317 ± 0.362
Cirrhosis			62	0.180
Absent	17	3.157 ± 0.885
Present	47	2.631 ± 0.301

Abbreviations: HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen.

^aResults were expressed as the mean ± standard deviation.

^bp-value was based on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) or Student's t-test, variances were adjusted by Bartlett's method.