. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 27.

Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2008 Sep 27;86(6):784–790. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181837761

Table 3.

Characteristics of early and late hepatocellular carcinoma cases among liver transplant recipients

Characteristic	HCC cases with characteristic, n (%)^*		p-value
	HCC onset <5 years post-transplant	HCC onset 5+ years post-transplant
Male	21 (88)	12 (86)	0.87
Age at transplant, years
< 40	0 (0)	1 (7)	0.03^‡
40–59	11 (46)	11 (78)
≥60	13 (54)	2 (14)
HBsAg positive	2 (10)	5 (42)	0.03
HCV antibody positive	12 (60)	4 (80)	0.41

Abbreviations: HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen: HCV, hepatitis C virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma

Overall, there were n=24 early HCC cases (onset <5 years post-transplant) and n=14 late HCC cases (onset 5+ years post-transplant). However, the percentages reflect variation in the denominator due to missing data on the characteristic being evaluated.

^‡

p for trend