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. 2024 Apr 29;7(4):e248755. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8755

Table 1. Characteristics of Patient Population.

Characteristic Patients, No. (%)
Total (N = 1313) With screen-detected HCC (n = 556) With non–screen-detected HCC (n = 757)
Age at diagnosis, mean (SD), y 61.7 (9.6) 61.9 (9.5) 61.5 (9.6)
Sex
Male 993 (75.6) 406 (73.0) 587 (77.5)
Female 320 (24.4) 150 (27.0) 170 (22.5)
Race and ethnicity
Black 390 (29.7) 166 (29.9) 224 (29.5)
Hispanic 354 (27.0) 161 (29.0) 193 (25.5)
White 477 (36.3) 202 (36.3) 275 (36.3)
Othera 92 (7.0) 27 (4.9) 65 (8.6)
Cause
Hepatitis C virus 786 (59.9) 339 (61.0) 447 (59.0)
Hepatitis B virus 89 (6.8) 34 (6.1) 55 (7.3)
Alcohol 184 (14.0) 82 (14.7) 102 (13.5)
Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease 163 (12.4) 73 (13.1) 90 (11.9)
Other 91 (6.9) 28 (2.1) 63 (8.3)
Child Pugh cirrhosis class
A 820 (62.5) 358 (64.4) 462 (61.0)
B 493 (37.5) 198 (35.6) 295 (39.0)
C NA NA NA
Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage
0/A 739 (56.3) 393 (70.7) 346 (45.7)
B 261 (19.9) 87 (15.6) 174 (23.0)
C 313 (23.8) 76 (13.7) 237 (31.3)
Insurance status (n = 1305)
Uninsured 108 (8.3) 32 (5.8) 76 (10.1)
Medicaid 204 (15.6) 87 (15.8) 117 (15.5)
Medicare 439 (33.6) 209 (37.9) 230 (30.5)
Private 248 (19.0) 109 (19.7) 139 (18.5)
Other 306 (23.4) 115 (20.8) 191 (25.4)
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status
0 960 (73.1) 439 (79.0) 521 (68.8)
1 353 (26.9) 117 (21.0) 236 (31.2)
Body mass index (n = 1299)b
Underweight (<18.5) 33 (2.5) 10 (1.8) 23 (3.1)
Normal weight (18.5-24.9) 405 (31.2) 156 (28.4) 249 (33.2)
Preobesity (25.0-29.9) 456 (35.1) 192 (34.9) 264 (35.2)
Obesity class I (30.0-34.9) 261 (20.1) 128 (23.3) 133 (17.8)
Obesity class II (35.0-39.9) 79 (6.1) 39 (7.1) 56 (7.5)
Obesity class III (≥40.0) 49 (3.8) 25 (4.5) 24 (3.2)

Abbreviations: HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; NA, not applicable.

a

Other race included Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, or unknown race and ethnicity.

b

Body mass index is calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.