Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients with two administrative codes for HCC (n=1,138)
| HCC (n=773) | No HCC (n=365) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | P-value | |
| Age | |||||
| < 55 | 113 | 15 | 58 | 16 | 0.10 |
| 55–64 | 360 | 47 | 143 | 39 | |
| 65–74 | 144 | 18 | 85 | 23 | |
| ≥ 75 | 156 | 20 | 79 | 22 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 772 | 99 | 355 | 97 | <0.01 |
| Female | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Race | |||||
| Black | 190 | 25 | 73 | 20 | 0.13 |
| White | 556 | 72 | 283 | 78 | |
| Other | 27 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic | 121 | 16 | 50 | 14 | 0.66 |
| Not Hispanic | 647 | 84 | 312 | 85 | |
| Unknown | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Geographic region | |||||
| Central | 109 | 14 | 55 | 15 | 0.08 |
| East | 174 | 23 | 91 | 25 | |
| South | 314 | 41 | 160 | 44 | |
| West | 176 | 23 | 59 | 16 | |
| Additional insurance | |||||
| Yes | 398 | 51 | 204 | 56 | 0.16 |
| No | 375 | 49 | 161 | 44 | |
| Cirrhosis | |||||
| Yes | 530 | 69 | 68 | 19 | <0.01 |
| Barcelona stage | |||||
| A | 81 | 10 | * | ||
| B | 166 | 22 | |||
| C | 193 | 25 | |||
| D | 133 | 17 | |||
| Unknown | 200 | 26 | |||
*
Patients without hepatocellular cancer (HCC) cannot be staged