Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	HCC (n = 39)	LM-CRC (n = 60)
Sex (male/female)	25/14	37/23
Age (years)	62 ± 2	65 ± 1
Race (Caucasian/Asian/African)	35/3/1	59/0/1
ALT (units/L)	66 ± 16	33 ± 5
Bilirubin (μmol/L)	16 ± 4	8 ± 1.0
Prothrombin time (INR)	1.1 0.01	1.0 ± 0.01
Liver fibrosis (metavir score) F0-F1 / F2 / F3-F4-cirrhosis	19/10/10	60/0/0
Stage of disease (TNM)	St I n = 16	St IVa n = 55
	St II n = 23	St IVb n = 5

Etiology of liver disease in HCC patients: 17 no known liver disease, 5 hemochromatosis, 4 NASH, 4 alcohol related liver disease, 1 porphyria, 6 hepatitis B virus, 2 hepatitis C virus.

INR = international normalized ratio.

Where applicable: mean ± SEM.