Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of cohort

Variables	Median (range)/number (%) N = 109
Age at diagnosis (years)	60 (48–90)
Male	106 (97 %)
Female	3 (3 %)
White	46 (42 %)
AA	30 (27.5 %)
Other	1 (0.1 %)
Unknown	32 (29.4 %)
HCV	89 (82 %)
Size of largest lesion	4 (1–24)
Multifocal	56 (51 %)
PVT	8 (7.3 %)
ECOG score	1 (0–3)
MELD score	9 (6–18)
CTP	6 (5–11)
A/B/C	67 (61 %)/37 (34 %)/5 (5 %)
Barcelona stage 0–A–B–C–D	2 (1.8 %)–21 (19.3 %)–24 (22 %)–54 (49.5 %)–8 (7.3 %)
Stage I/II/III/IV	50 (45.8 %)/41 (37.6 %)/17 (15.6 %)/1 (1 %)
BMI	26.6 (20–42)
Log AFP	1.48 (0.02–4.65)
Albumin	3.2 (1.9–4.6)
Ascites: none/mild/mod-severe	87 (80 %)/21 (19 %)/1 (1 %)
HE: none/Gr 1–2/Gr 3–4	98 (90 %)/10 (9 %)/1 (1 %)
DM	27 (25 %)
HTN	73 (67 %)
Smoking	88 (81 %)