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. 2006 Jun 20;132(11):709–717. doi: 10.1007/s00432-006-0119-3

Table 2.

The association of preoperative plasma osteopontin (OPN) levels with recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

  n Distribution by OPNa OPN level (ng/ml, median [IQR]) P b
<200 (%) ≥200 (%)
No HCC recurrence 39 32 (82.1) 7 (17.9) 153.70 (101.05, 184.70) 0.0013
HCC recurrence 54 24 (44.4) 30 (55.6) 213.55 (158.85, 355.09)

aCase numbers within different OPN levels

bMann-Whitney U-test

IQR interquartile range