Exogenous interleukin-33 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma growth by remodelling the tumour microenvironment

Table 1 Correlation between IL-33 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of HCC

Clinicopathological characteristics	Cases	IL-33 expression level		χ²	P value
Clinicopathological characteristics	Cases	Low (H-score < 68)	High (H-score ≥ 68)	χ²	P value
Age (years)
60	55	28	27	0.289	0.591
≥ 60	14	6	8
Sex
Male	59	28	31	0.538	0.463
Female	10	6	4
Number of tumours
Single	40	18	22	0.696	0.404
Multiple	29	16	13
Tumour size (cm)
≤ 5	18	11	7	1.365	0.243
> 5	51	23	28
Capsule integrity
No	39	20	19	0.145	0.704
Yes	30	14	16
HBV positivity
Negative	8	1	7	4.896	0.027
Positive	61	33	28
TNM stage
I + II	30	13	17	0.75	0.387
III + IV	39	21	18
Edmondson type
I + II	45	24	21	0.852	0.356
III	24	10	14
Cirrhosis background
Absent	11	3	8	2.535	0.111
Present	58	31	27
Venous invasion
No	61	32	29	2.133	0.144
Yes	8	2	6
Recurrence
No	46	24	22	0.464	0.496
Yes	23	10	13
Metastasis
No	65	33	32	1.001	0.317
Yes	4	1	3

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