Table 2.
Patient characteristics according to Milan and University of California San Francisco criteria determined from post-orthotopic liver transplantation imaging and post-orthotopic liver transplantation pathological evaluations n (%)
| Variables | Milan + | Milan -/UCSF + | UCSF - | P value |
| No. of patients | 34 | 7 | 15 | |
| Gender (M/F) | 29/5 | 7/0 | 14/1 | |
| Age (yr) | 55.1 ± 6.6 | 51.0 ± 4.5 | 56.4 ± 5.5 | 0.222 |
| CTP (A/B/C) | 8/18/8 | 3/1/2003 | 10/4/2001 | |
| MELD | 13.3 ± 4.9 | 12.7 ± 4.3 | 13.4 ± 4.3 | 0.803 |
| AFP (ng/dL) | 4.9 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 0.953 |
| No. nodules | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 2.4 ± 1.3 | 5.7 ± 4.4 | 0.000 |
| Max diameter of largest nodule (mm) | 22.5 ± 11.6 | 45.9 ± 11.5 | 47.9 ± 23.8 | 0.000 |
| Grade | ||||
| Well | 17 (73.9) | 2 (28.6) | 4 (26.7) | |
| Moderate | 17 (53.1) | 5 (71.4) | 10 (66.7) | |
| Poor | 1 (6.6) | |||
| Microvascular invasion | 6 (17.6)a | 2 (28.6) | 7 (46.7)a | 0.034a |
M: Male; F: Female; UCSF: University of California San Francisco; CTP: Child-Turcot-Pugh; MELD: Model of End-stage Liver Disease; AFP: α-fetoprotein.
a
P < 0.05.