Table 1.
Pretreatment clinical characteristics of 473 patients
| Characteristics | Group A (N = 216) | Group B (N = 257) | Probability value |
| Age | |||
| Mean | 44.6 | 45.1 | 0.348 |
| Range | 22-67 | 24-71 | |
| Sex | |||
| Mate | 213 | 246 | 0.065 |
| Female | 3 | 11 | |
| Diameter of tumor | |||
| 6-9.9 cm | 32 | 9 | 0.133 |
| 10-14.9 cm | 105 | 135 | |
| ≥ 15 cm | 79 | 73 | |
| Thrombosis | |||
| Yes | 54 | 81 | 0.118 |
| No | 162 | 176 | |
| AFP (μg/L) | |||
| ≥ 400 | 91 | 114 | 0.626 |
| < 400 | 125 | 143 | |
| ALT | |||
| < 40 | 117 | 109 | 0.023 |
| 40-79 | 78 | 103 | |
| 80-119 | 17 | 39 | |
| ≥ 120 | 4 | 7 | |
| Child’s class | |||
| A | 203 | 238 | 0.553 |
| B | 13 | 19 | |
| ICG-R15* | |||
| < 10 | 71 | 89 | 0.314 |
| 10-19 | 127 | 137 | |
| 20-29 | 18 | 31 |
*ICG-R15 refers to the indocyanine green retention rate at 15 minutes