Table 2.

Cirrhosis and the clinical severity in Asian versus Non-Asian-American patient at HCC presentation

Variables	Asian-Americans (n = 162)	Non-Asians(n = 114)	P-value
Presence of cirrhosis	90/162 (55.6%)	75/114 (65.8%)	0.088
Hepatic decompensation	28/90 (31.1%)	46/75 (61.3%)	<0.001
Ascites	24/90 (26.7%)	43/75 (57.3%)	<0.001
Encephalopathy	8/90 (8.9%)	22/75 (29.3%)	0.001
Total bilirubin > 3.0	8/82 (9.8%)	15/72 (20.8%)	0.054
INR > 1.7	4/79 (5.1%)	4/69 (5.8%)	1.000
Child-pugh class
A	49/79 (62.0%)	22/70 (31.4%)	<0.001
B and C	30/79 (38.0%)	48/70 (68.6%)
MELD scoring
Mean ± SD	9.2 ± 4.4	12.0 ± 6.4	0.002
≥10	28/78 (35.9%)	43/69 (62.3%)	0.001