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. 2023 May 5;10:1127913. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1127913

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of survival and death patients in the training cohort.

Survived (n = 973) Death (n = 666) p-value
Patients background
Age (year) 56.0 (50.0, 62.0) 57.0 (50.0, 64.0) 0.054
Sex (male) 754 (77.5) 535 (80.3) 0.169
Family history of HCC 106 (10.9) 55 (8.8) 0.236
Cirrhosis 775 (79.6) 531 (79.7) 0.182
Smoking 432 (44.4) 315 (47.3) 0.251
Alcohol consumption 415 (42.6) 320 (48.0) 0.027
Hypertension 244 (25.1) 191 (28.7) 0.104
Diabetes 195 (20.0) 179 (26.9) 0.001
Laboratory parameters
HBeAg (positive) 308 (31.6) 196 (29.4) 0.241
MELD score 7.7 (6.7, 9.7) 11.3 (8.6, 15.7) <0.001
ALT (U/L) 28.9 (19.9, 44.3) 38.6 (23.8, 64.0) 0.002
AST (U/L) 30.7 (23.1, 48.1) 62.2 (38.4, 121.1) <0.001
TBIL (μmol/L) 16.2 (11.3, 24.4) 30.4 (17.3, 56.8) <0.001
ALB (g/L) 37.7 ± 6.3 32.6 ± 6.3 <0.001
γ-GGT (U/L) 40.8 (23.4, 81.2) 121.0 (51.5, 231.9) <0.001
PLT (×109/L) 92.2 (60.3, 142.0) 101.4 (64.0, 157.8) <0.001
INR 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) <0.001
Cr (μmol/L) 67.0 (58.0, 76.7) 68.0 (58.0, 81.8) <0.001
AFP (ng/mL) (≥400) 124 (12.7) 272 (40.8) <0.001
Neutrophils (×109/L) 2.3 (1.6, 3.2) 3.4 (2.2,5.2) <0.001
Lymphocytes (×109/L) 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) <0.001
Monocytes (×109/L) 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.011
TC (mmol/L) 3.7 (3.2, 4.3) 3.4 (2.8, 4.2) 0.029
TG (mmol/L) 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 0.376
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.0 (0.9, 1.3) 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) 0.004
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.0 (1.6, 2.6) 2.0 (1.5, 2.7) 0.140
NHR 2.2 (1.4, 3.5) 4.3 (2.3, 9.5) <0.001
MHR 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.5 (0.3,1.0) 0.011
LHR 1.2 (0.7, 1.7) 1.3 (0.8, 2.2) <0.001
Child Pugh class <0.001
A 712 (73.2) 170 (25.5)
B 203 (20.9) 253 (38.0)
C 58 (5.9) 243 (36.5)
Tumor–related indicators
Tumor multiplicity (multiple) 303 (31.1) 450 (67.5) <0.001
Tumor size, cm (≥ 5) 212 (21.8) 323 (48.4) <0.001
BCLC stage <0.001
0–A 498 (51.2) 66 (9.9)
B 404 (41.5) 135 (20.3)
C 34 (3.5) 258 (38.7)
D 37 (3.8) 207 (31.1)
Types of treatment <0.001
Resection 138 (14.2) 13 (1.9)
Minimally invasive 817 (84.0) 308 (46.2)
Palliative 18 (1.8) 345 (51.8)

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TBIL, total bilirubin; ALB, albumin; GGT, γ-glutamyl transferase; PLT, platelet count; Cr, creatinine; INR, international normalized ratio; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NHR, neutrophil to HDL-C ratio; MHR, monocyte to HDL-C ratio; LHR, lymphocyte to HDL-C ratio; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.