Table 1.

Characteristics of studied population

Total patients (n = 282)	M: n = 197 (70%) and F: n = 85 (30%)
Age (M ± SD; range)	M: 66 ± 7 yr; 36–79 yr and F: 67 ± 7 yr; 28–79 yr
Etiology of cirrhosis	Hepatitis C virus: n = 220 (78%)
	Hepatitis B virus: n = 31 (11%)
	Alcoholic cirrhosis: n = 11 (4%)
	Alcoholic + hepatitis C virus: n = 7 (2.5%)
	Hepatitis C + Hepatitis B virus: n = 10 (3.5%)
	Other (cryptogenetic, primary biliary cirrhosis): n = 3 (1%)
FLLs	Single: n = 165 (58%)
	Multiple: n = 117 (42%)

F: female gender; FLL: focal liver lesions; M: male gender; yr: years.