With respect to VEGF rs2010963, a significant association was observed in the recessive and genotypic models, and the GG/CG genotypes were associated with the development of multinodular HCC [p=0.018 and p=0.005, OR 4.95 (CI 1.52-16.13), respectively) (Table 4). Here, VEGFA is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.