Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 4165 patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) between 1981 and 2013 in our hospital

	n (%) or mean ± SD
Male/female	2954 (70.9%)/1211 (29.1%)
Age, mean ± SD (range) (years)	66.2 ± 9.5 (17–95)
Child–Pugh classification
Child–Pugh A/B/C	2571 (65.4%)/1095 (27.9%)/265 (6.7%)
Cause of liver disease
B/C/B and C/non-B, non-C	460 (12.0%)/2734 (71.4%)/83 (2.2%)/551 (14.4%)
Background liver
LC/CH/fatty liver/normal liver	3073 (75.5%)/860 (21.1%)/11 (0.3%)/125 (3.1%)
HCC stage
Stage I/II/III/IVA/IVB	722 (18.1%)/1467 (36.8%)/1175 (29.5%)/501 (12.6%)/121 (3.0%)

CH, chronic hepatitis; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; LC, liver cirrhosis; SD, standard deviation.