Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of patients with HCC

Demographic/clinical characteristics	Mean
Age	57.55 years
Sex	7/39 (18 %) female, 32/39 (82 %) male
Etiology of liver disease (N = 39)	• Hepatitis B	14	(36 %)
	• Hepatitis C	15	(38.5 %)
	• Alcohol	3	(7.7 %)
	• Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis	4	(5 %)
	• α1-antitrypsin	1	(2.6 %)
	• Hemochromatosis	1	(2.6 %)
	• Sarcoidosis	1	(2.6 %)
Cirrhosis	33/39 (84.6 %)
Differentiation of HCC	Poorly-differentiated: 6 (15.3 %)
	Moderately-differentiated: 15 (38.5 %)
	Well-differentiated: 18 (46.2 %)
Vascular invasion	8/39 (20.5 %)