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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2011 May 23;34(2):10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04697.x. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04697.x

Table 1.

Baseline clinical features of study group (N = 47)

Factor Category N (%) or mean (range)
Age 61.21 (46–72)

Gender M 33 (70.2%)

F 14 (29.8%)

Race Caucasian 36 (76.6%)

African American 9 (19.1%)

Hispanic 1 (2.1%)

Other 1 (2.1%)

Aetiology HCV 15 (31.9%) Cryptogenic 7 (14.9%)

HBV 3 (6.3%) ETOH 2 (4.3%)

HCV/ETOH 10 (21.3%) HH** 3 (6.4%)

HCV/HBV 2 (4.3%) NAFLD/NASH 3 (6.4%)

HCV/HH 1 (2.1%) AIATD 1 (2.1%)

HCV Positive 28 (59.6%)

Negative 19 (40.4%)

BCLC stage* B 38 (81%)

C 9 (19%)

Child-Pugh class A 34 (72.3%)

B 13 (27.7%)

ECOG performance status 0 35 (74.5%)

1 12 (25.5%)

Ascites Present 9 (19%)

Absent 38 (81%)

Hepatic Encephalopathy Absent 37 (78.7%)

Mild 10 (21.3%)

Oesophageal varices Absent 34 (72.3%)

Small 11 (23.4%)

Large 2 (4.26%)

AFP <400 36 (76.6%)

>400 11 (23.4%)

MELD Score§ <15 46 (97.9%)

>15 1 (2.1%)

Creatinine 0.91 (0.58-1.58)

Sodium 137.5 (128-141)

Haemoglobin (mg/dL) 13.2 (9.5-17)

WBC count 5.7 (1.3-11)

Platelet count 168.3 (57-414)

Albumin (g/dL) 3.75 (2.2-4.7)

T. Bilirubin (mg/dL) 1.13 (0.3-3.7)

AST 71.6 (20-201)

ALT 58.5 (15-212)

ALK 146.2 (50-801)

INR 1.12 (0.9-1.4)

Prior therapies Resection 2 (4.3%)
Tace 11 (23.4%)
*

Barcelona clinic liver cancer staging.

Eastern Cooperative oncology group performance status.

Mild documented per CT imaging.

§

Model for end stage liver disease.

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

**

Haemochromatosis.