Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 182)
| Clinical features | Number of patients |
| HCC size range 3.02-5.0 cm mean size 3.72 ± 0.54 cm | |
| Sex | |
| Males | 155 |
| Females | 27 |
| Age (yr) | |
| ≤ 60 | 105 |
| > 60 | 77 |
| Child-Pugh classification | |
| A | 170 |
| B | 12 |
| ALB (g/L) | |
| ≤ 35 | 37 |
| > 35 | 145 |
| ALT (U/L) | |
| ≤ 41 | 107 |
| > 41 | 75 |
| Portal hypertension | |
| Yes | 82 |
| No | 100 |
| Total bilirubin (μmol/L) | |
| ≤ 18.8 | 115 |
| 18.8-34.2 | 50 |
| > 34.2 | 17 |
| AFP (μg/L) | |
| ≤ 20 | 98 |
| 20-400 | 52 |
| > 400 | 32 |
| Etiology of HCC | |
| HBV | 140 |
| HCV | 3 |
| HBV + HCV | 3 |
| Other reason(s) | 36 |
| PLT (× 109/L) | |
| < 45 | 14 |
| 45-100 | 66 |
| ≥ 100 | 102 |
PLT: Platelet; ALB: Albumin; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; HBV: Hepatic B virus; HCV: Hepatic C virus; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.