Table 1.
Demographic and Tumor Characteristics by Asian American Ethnic Groups Among Patients with HCC between 1988–2007 in California (N = 6068)
| Chinese (n=1924) |
Vietnamese (n=1367) |
Filipino (n=1016) |
Korean (n=807) |
Japanese (n=459) |
Laotian/Hmong (n=171) |
Cambodian (n=158) |
South Asian (n=114) |
Thai (n=52) |
Total | P value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Period of Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 (n=881) | 332 | 17.3 | 127 | 9.3 | 158 | 15.6 | 112 | 13.9 | 82 | 17.9 | 29 | 17.0 | 22 | 13.9 | 12 | 10.5 | 7 | 13.5 | 881 | <.0001 |
| 1993–1997 (n=1263) | 426 | 22.1 | 269 | 19.7 | 192 | 18.9 | 173 | 21.4 | 106 | 23.1 | 39 | 22.8 | 30 | 19.0 | 17 | 14.9 | 11 | 21.2 | 1263 | |
| 1998–2002 (n=1780) | 521 | 27.1 | 421 | 30.8 | 296 | 29.1 | 262 | 32.5 | 130 | 28.3 | 55 | 32.2 | 45 | 28.5 | 30 | 26.3 | 20 | 38.5 | 1780 | |
| 2003–2007 (n=2144) | 645 | 33.5 | 550 | 40.2 | 370 | 36.4 | 260 | 32.2 | 141 | 30.7 | 48 | 28.1 | 61 | 38.6 | 55 | 48.3 | 14 | 26.9 | 2144 | |
| Age at Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| <49 | 334 | 17.4 | 247 | 18.1 | 171 | 16.8 | 135 | 16.7 | 25 | 5.5 | 50 | 29.2 | 54 | 34.2 | 8 | 7.0 | 23 | 44.2 | 1047 | <.0001 |
| 50–59 | 387 | 20.1 | 346 | 25.3 | 212 | 20.9 | 203 | 25.2 | 80 | 17.4 | 42 | 24.6 | 49 | 31.0 | 30 | 26.3 | 16 | 30.8 | 1365 | |
| 60–69 | 539 | 28.0 | 398 | 29.1 | 230 | 22.6 | 260 | 32.2 | 169 | 36.8 | 45 | 26.3 | 36 | 22.8 | 37 | 32.5 | 6 | 11.5 | 1720 | |
| 70–79 | 488 | 25.4 | 296 | 21.7 | 273 | 26.9 | 170 | 21.1 | 145 | 31.6 | 20 | 11.7 | 13 | 8.2 | 26 | 22.8 | 6 | 11.5 | 1437 | |
| ≥80 | 176 | 9.1 | 80 | 5.8 | 130 | 12.8 | 39 | 4.8 | 40 | 8.7 | 14 | 8.2 | 6 | 3.8 | 13 | 11.4 | * | * | 499 | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1479 | 76.9 | 1089 | 79.7 | 769 | 75.7 | 550 | 68.2 | 184 | 40.1 | 136 | 79.5 | 126 | 79.8 | 79 | 69.3 | 42 | 80.8 | 4454 | <.0001 |
| Female | 445 | 23.1 | 278 | 20.3 | 247 | 24.3 | 257 | 31.8 | 275 | 59.9 | 35 | 20.5 | 32 | 20.2 | 35 | 30.7 | 10 | 19.2 | 1614 | |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco-Oakland | 1039 | 54.0 | 440 | 32.2 | 356 | 35.0 | 139 | 17.2 | 114 | 24.8 | 19 | 11.1 | 21 | 13.3 | 34 | 29.8 | 8 | 15.4 | 2170 | <.0001 |
| Central California | 53 | 2.8 | 71 | 5.2 | 72 | 7.1 | 49 | 6.1 | 37 | 8.1 | 51 | 29.8 | 19 | 12.0 | 15 | 31.2 | * | * | 371 | |
| Northern California | 107 | 5.6 | 68 | 5.0 | 81 | 8.0 | 22 | 2.7 | 59 | 12.9 | 56 | 32.8 | 19 | 12.0 | 25 | 21.9 | 5 | 9.6 | 442 | |
| San Diego-Imperial-Orange | 101 | 5.3 | 523 | 38.2 | 183 | 18.0 | 135 | 16.7 | 86 | 18.7 | 39 | 22.8 | 13 | 8.2 | 21 | 18.4 | 5 | 9.6 | 1106 | |
| Los Angeles | 624 | 32.4 | 265 | 19.4 | 324 | 31.9 | 462 | 57.3 | 163 | 35.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 86 | 54.4 | 19 | 16.7 | 30 | 57.7 | 1979 | |
| Stage at Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Local | 740 | 38.5 | 547 | 40.0 | 373 | 36.7 | 314 | 38.9 | 175 | 38.1 | 41 | 24.0 | 65 | 41.1 | 50 | 43.9 | 13 | 25.0 | 2318 | 0.0002 |
| Regional | 407 | 21.2 | 322 | 23.6 | 233 | 22.9 | 174 | 21.6 | 94 | 20.5 | 27 | 15.8 | 34 | 21.5 | 25 | 21.9 | 13 | 25.0 | 1329 | |
| Remote | 536 | 27.9 | 353 | 25.8 | 285 | 28.1 | 197 | 24.4 | 125 | 27.2 | 73 | 42.7 | 44 | 27.9 | 27 | 23.7 | 19 | 36.5 | 1659 | |
| Unstaged | 241 | 12.5 | 145 | 10.6 | 125 | 12.3 | 122 | 15.1 | 65 | 14.2 | 30 | 17.5 | 15 | 9.5 | 12 | 10.5 | 7 | 13.5 | 762 | |
| Type of Surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| None | 1467 | 76.3 | 1050 | 76.8 | 845 | 83.2 | 604 | 74.8 | 342 | 74.5 | 166 | 97.1 | 133 | 84.2 | 90 | 78.9 | 43 | 82.7 | 4740 | <.0001 |
| Local | 93 | 4.8 | 120 | 8.8 | 38 | 3.7 | 54 | 6.7 | 33 | 7.2 | * | * | 8 | 5.1 | 9 | 7.9 | * | * | 358 | |
| Resection or transplantation | 364 | 18.9 | 197 | 14.4 | 133 | 13.1 | 149 | 18.5 | 84 | 18.3 | * | * | 17 | 10.7 | 15 | 13.2 | 9 | 17.3 | 970 | |
| Socioeconomic Status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 - Low SES | 259 | 13.5 | 214 | 15.7 | 152 | 15.0 | 148 | 18.3 | 31 | 6.8 | 91 | 53.2 | 85 | 53.8 | 11 | 9.6 | 6 | 11.5 | 997 | <.0001 |
| 2 | 307 | 16.0 | 366 | 26.8 | 182 | 17.9 | 142 | 17.6 | 79 | 17.2 | 44 | 25.7 | 25 | 15.8 | 14 | 12.3 | 18 | 34.6 | 1177 | |
| 3 | 327 | 17.0 | 296 | 21.6 | 256 | 25.2 | 118 | 14.6 | 109 | 23.7 | 20 | 11.7 | 21 | 13.3 | 22 | 19.3 | 12 | 23.1 | 1181 | |
| 4 | 489 | 25.4 | 269 | 19.7 | 273 | 26.9 | 172 | 21.3 | 119 | 25.9 | 15 | 8.8 | 14 | 8.9 | 33 | 29.0 | 13 | 25.0 | 1397 | |
| 5 - High SES | 542 | 28.2 | 222 | 16.2 | 153 | 15.1 | 227 | 28.1 | 121 | 26.4 | * | * | 13 | 8.2 | 34 | 29.8 | * | * | 1316 | |
*
Less than 5 cases