Differentially expressed genes (fold-change more than 2; P value less than 0.01) were selected by GeneSpring GX software. 
GeneSpring GX
To investigate whether gene expression profiles can be used to determine risk genes and predict HBV-related cirrhosis progression to liver carcinoma using Significance Analysis of Microarray (SAM) and Prediction Analysis of Microarray (PAM) methods.



Significance Analysis of Microarray (SAM)
To investigate whether gene expression profiles can be used to determine risk genes and predict HBV-related cirrhosis progression to liver carcinoma using Significance Analysis of Microarray (SAM) and Prediction Analysis of Microarray (PAM) methods.



Prediction Analysis of Microarray (PAM)