Each of the major blood lipid components of this study were dichotomized as previously (REF) and the dichotomized subgroups were examined with respect to the 4 major tumor characteristics MTD, percent of patients with PVT, tumor multifocality and blood AFP levels (Table 1).Patients in the 2 glycemia level subgroups showed no significant difference in tumor characteristics. This evidence concerns the gene AFP and neoplasm.