Variables | n (178) | CD44 | p | CD44v6 | p | CD44v8-10 | p | CD133 | p | EpCAM | p | ALDH1A1 | p | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | Neg. | Pos. | Â | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Low | High | Low | High | |||||||
Sex | |||||||||||||||||||
 Female | 64 | 29 | 35 |  | 33 | 31 |  | 31 | 33 |  | 37 | 27 |  | 28 | 36 |  | 34 | 30 |  |
 Male | 114 | 33 | 81 | 0.028 | 78 | 36 | 0.026 | 72 | 42 | 0.056 | 77 | 37 | 0.194 | 57 | 57 | 0.423 | 60 | 54 | 0.950 |
Age (year) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Less than 61 | 85 | 33 | 52 |  | 54 | 31 |  | 49 | 36 |  | 54 | 31 |  | 44 | 41 |  | 43 | 42 |  |
 61 or greater | 93 | 29 | 64 | 0.285 | 57 | 36 | 0.758 | 54 | 39 | 0.955 | 60 | 33 | 0.891 | 41 | 52 | 0.306 | 51 | 42 | 0.570 |
Tumor site | |||||||||||||||||||
 Intrahepatic | 96 | 33 | 63 |  | 49 | 47 |  | 52 | 44 |  | 54 | 42 |  | 40 | 56 |  | 48 | 48 |  |
 Extrahepatic | 82 | 29 | 53 | 0.890 | 62 | 20 | 0.001 | 51 | 31 | 0.280 | 60 | 22 | 0.019 | 45 | 37 | 0.079 | 46 | 36 | 0.417 |
Histology type | |||||||||||||||||||
 Papillary | 83 | 32 | 51 |  | 53 | 30 |  | 46 | 37 |  | 55 | 28 |  | 37 | 46 |  | 40 | 43 |  |
 Others | 95 | 30 | 65 | 0.330 | 58 | 37 | 0.700 | 57 | 38 | 0.537 | 59 | 36 | 0.564 | 48 | 47 | 0.428 | 54 | 41 | 0.249 |
Primary tumor (T) | |||||||||||||||||||
 I, II | 109 | 44 | 65 |  | 75 | 34 |  | 65 | 44 |  | 70 | 39 |  | 51 | 58 |  | 53 | 56 |  |
 III, IV | 69 | 18 | 51 |  0.051 | 36 | 33 | 0.026 | 38 | 31 |  0.548 | 44 | 25 |  0.951 | 34 | 35 | 0.746 | 41 | 28 |  0.160 |
Lymph nodes (N) metastasis | |||||||||||||||||||
 No | 106 | 39 | 67 |  | 76 | 30 |  | 66 | 40 |  | 68 | 38 |  | 52 | 54 |  | 45 | 61 |  |
 Yes | 72 | 23 | 49 | 0.505 | 35 | 37 | 0.002 | 37 | 35 | 0.149 | 46 | 26 | 0.971 | 33 | 39 | 0.673 | 49 | 23 | 0.001 |
Distant metastasis (M) | |||||||||||||||||||
 No | 174 | 59 | 115 |  | 107 | 67 |  | 102 | 72 |  | 112 | 62 |  | 83 | 91 |  | 90 | 84 |  |
 Yes | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.088 | 4 | 0 | 0.116 | 1 | 3 | 0.178 | 2 | 2 | 0.554 | 2 | 2 | 0.927 | 4 | 0 |  0.056 |
TNM stage | |||||||||||||||||||
 I, II | 80 | 32 | 48 |  | 59 | 21 |  | 51 | 29 |  | 51 | 29 |  | 40 | 40 |  | 32 | 48 |  |
 III, IV | 98 | 30 | 68 | 0.191 | 52 | 46 | 0.005 | 52 | 46 | 0.151 | 63 | 35 | 0.941 | 45 | 53 | 0.588 | 62 | 36 |  0.002 |