Table 1. Descriptive characteristic of the three-stage study samples in different clinical groups.
| Characteristics | GWAS Scan | 1st replication | 2nd replication | Combined | ||||
| Case (N = 321) | Control (N = 304) | Case (N = 646) | Control (N = 345) | Case (N = 656) | Control (N = 416) | Case (N = 1623) | Control (N = 1065) | |
| Age (years), Mean (Std) | ||||||||
| 51.02 (7.69) | 48.78 (19.16) | 49.64 (11.83) | 52.26 (13.00) | 50.56 (11.44) | 55.04 (10.29) | 50.29 (10.97) | 52.35 (14.39) | |
| Clinical History*, N (%) | ||||||||
| PNALT group | 69 (21.50) | 187 (28.95) | 212 (32.32) | 468 (28.84) | ||||
| Age (years), Mean (Std) | ||||||||
| 49.91 (7.27) | 47.63 (11.11) | 49.00 (10.93) | 48.59 (10.53) | |||||
| CHB group | 173 (53.89) | 313 (48.45) | 308 (46.95) | 794 (48.92) | ||||
| Age (years), Mean (Std) | ||||||||
| 50.73 (7.97) | 48.08 (11.25) | 48.93 (10.73) | 48.99 (10.45) | |||||
| HCC group | 79 (24.61) | 146 (22.60) | 136 (20.73) | 361 (22.24) | ||||
| Age (years), Mean (Std) | ||||||||
| 52.63 (7.24) | 55.53 (12.09) | 56.69 (11.75) | 55.34 (11.15) | |||||