Table 1.

Sample demographics (n = 128)

	Liver disease	Gender		Age (yr)
		Men	Women	21-40	40-60	61-80
Normal donors	Trimmed normal livers	32	3	34	1	0
End-stage livers	HCC	22	2	4	16	4
	Peri-HCC	22	2	4	16	4
	HBV cirrhosis	21	6	2	18	7
	Severe cirrhosis	11	2	4	7	2
	Alcoholic cirrhosis	5	0	0	5	0

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.