AFP and Cirrhosis: However, no significant association between EMT-TFs overexpression and age (> 55 vs. ≤ 55), gender (male vs. female), tumor size (> 5 cm vs. ≤ 5 cm), cirrhosis (yes vs. no), hepatitis B surface antigen (pos vs. neg) or AFP (> 20 ng/ml vs. ≤ 20 ng/ml) was found.