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. 2019 Jul 23;68(8):1369–1378. doi: 10.1007/s00262-019-02371-3

Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and tumor characteristics of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Patient demographics Derivation cohort (n = 176) Validation cohort (n = 104) P value
Age, year
 < 60 99 (56.3%) 54 (51.9%) 0.56
 ≥ 60 77 (43.8%) 50 (48.1%)
Sex (male), n (%) 101 (57.4%) 72 (69.2%) 0.07
Etiology
 HBV 74 (42.1%) 44 (42.3%) 0.89
 HCV 2 (1.1%) 2 (1.9%)
 Others 100 (56.8%) 58 (55.8%)
Liver cirrhosis, yes (%) 37 (21.0%) 33 (31.73%) 0.06
AFP, ng/mL 2.7 (1.8, 4.6) 2.8 (2.0, 5.0) 0.31
CEA, μg/mL 2.3 (1.4, 4.6) 2.4 (1.4, 3.7) 0.94
CA19-9, U/ml 37.7 (13.4, 372.2) 37.9 (17.3, 137.6) 0.86
Albumin, g/L 43.0 (40.0, 45.0) 43.5 (39.8, 46) 0.79
Bilirubin, μmol/L 11.7 (8.8, 15.3) 12.1 (9.2, 16.5) 0.45
ALT, IU/L 19.0 (13.8, 32.0) 25.0 (16.0, 42.3) 0.02
GGT, U/L 47.0 (29.0, 92.0) 55.0 (33.8, 107.0) 0.38
Platelets, 103/μL 177.5 (141.5, 218.0) 190 (137.8, 216.3) 0.79
Tumor nodularities, n (%)
 1 149 (84.7%) 81 (77.9%) 0.16
 2 14 (8.0%) 8 (7.7%)
 ≥ 3 13 (7.4%) 15 (14.4%)
Tumor diameter, cm 6.0 (4.0, 8.0) 6.5 (4.9, 9.0) 0.29
Tumor differentiation
 I–II 121 (68.8%) 70 (67.3%) 0.91
 III–IV 55 (31.3%) 34 (32.3%)
Vascular invasion (yes), n (%) 8 (4.6%) 6 (5.8%) 0.86
Lymphoid metastasis (yes), n (%) 8 (4.6%) 9 (8.7%) 0.26
Direct invasion and local extrahepatic metastasis (yes), n (%) 2 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.53
Resection type, n (%)
 Minor resection 105 (59.7%) 61 (58.7%) 0.48
 Major resection 71 (40.3%) 43 (41.3%)
Bleeding volume, ml 200 (100, 400) 200 (100, 400) 0.57
Occlusion, min
 < 15 min 115 (65.3%) 66 (63.5%) 0.85
 ≥ 15 min 61 (34.7%) 38 (36.5%)

HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, AFP α-fetoprotein, CEA carcino-embryonic antigen, CA19-9 carbohydrate antigen 19-9, ALT alanine aminotransferase, GGT γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, VI vascular invasion

Values are presented as no. (%) or median (Q1, Q3)