Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patient groups of DN and HCC.

Clinical variables	DN (n = 19)	HCC (n = 58)	P value*
Mean age (year)	63 ± 8	62 ± 9	0.792
Gender
Male	13	49
female	6	9	0.117
HBs Ag
+	2	7
−	17	51	0.610
Anti-HCV
+	12	35
−	7	23	0.525

DN: dysplastic nodule; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.

*P value of independent Student's t-test for continuous data and Chi² test for categorical data.