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. 2013 Oct 26;14:736. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-736

Table 1.

Demographic data in relation to age of the training cohort HCC patients undergoing surgical resection

  All patients
 Age ≦40
 Age >40
 p*
(n = 61) (n = 23) (n = 38)
Patient demographics
Age (years) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles) (range)
 47.5; 36.5-60.2 (26-75.7)
 35.5; 30.8-37.0 (26-39.5)
 56.8; 50.6-64.3 (40.8-75.7)
 <0.001
Sex (M:F)
 54:7
 19:4
 35:3
 0.409
Albumin (g/dL) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 4.0; 3.8-4.4
 4.2; 3.9-4.4
 4.0; 3.7-4.3
 0.129
Total bilirubin (mg/dL) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 0.80; 0.6-1.2
 0.7; 0.5-1.1
 0.9; 0.6-1.2
 0.688
ALT (U/L) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 41.0; 30.5-57.0
 46.0; 35.0-61.0
 38.0; 29.8-57.0
 0.946
AST (U/L) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 40.0; 27.0-66.0
 42.0; 27.0-65.0
 39.5; 27.0-67.5
 0.871
Platelet (/mm3) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 182000; 139000-224500
 204000; 171000-264000
 167000; 131750-2017250
 0.087
ICG-15R (%) (retention rate) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 8; 5.3-12.8
 6; 4-8
 10; 6-14.3
 0.0055
Child-Pugh A/B (%)
 59/2 (96.7%/3.3%)
 22/1 (95.7%/4.4%)
 37/1 (97.4%/2.6%)
 1.000
Tumor characteristics
Tumor size (cm) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 4.8; 3.4-8.7
 5.0; 4.0-11.0
 4.4; 3.2-6.4
 0.523
Multinodularity (%)
 28 (45.9%)
 9 (39.1%)
 19 (50.0%)
 0.440
AFP (ng/ml) (median; 25 and 75 percentiles)
 190; 15-1541
 316; 18.4-5499
 169.5; 12.9-728.5
 0.742
Macroscopic venous invasion (%)
 18 (29.5%)
 14 (60.9%)
 4 (10.5%)
 <0.001
Daughter nodule (%)
 32 (62.8%)
 11 (55.0%)
 21 (67.7%)
 0.389
Histopathological findings
Cirrhosis in non-tumor part (yes/no) (%)
 33/28 (54.1%/45.9%)
 4/19 (17.4%/82.6%)
 24/14 (63.2%/36.8%)
 <0.001
Edmondson grading (I or II/ III or IV) (%)
 33/24 (57.9%/42.1%)
 11/12 (47.8%/52.2%)
 22/12 (64.7%/35.3%)
 0.276
Microscopic venous invasion (%) 43 (70.5%) 17 (73.9%) 26 (68.4%) 0.775

ICG-15R: indocyanine green retention rate at 15 minutes;

*p value: comparison between younger and elderly HCC patients.