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. 2016 Mar 28;22(12):3404–3411. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i12.3404

Table 4.

Features of hepatocellular carcinoma patients based on the antiviral therapy status

Variables HCC group on anti-viral therapy (n = 9) HCC group on no therapy (n = 4)
Mean age ± SD, yr 53.2 ± 8.5 46.5 ± 20.5
Male: female 7:2 2:2
HBeAg negative 8/9 4/4
Undetectable HBV DNA 8/9 0/4
Cirrhosis 4/9 0/4
Invasive HCC 3/9 4/4
Tumor:
Well differentiation 6/9 1/4
Moderate differentiation 3/9 3/4
Intrahepatic HBcAg staining
(+) Only in tumor tissues 4/9 1/4
(+) Only in non-tumor tissues 3/9 1/4
(+) Both in tumor and non-tumor tissues 2/9 2/4
Intrahepatic HBsAg staining
(+) Only in tumor tissues 1/9 0/4
(+) Only in non-tumor tissues 3/9 2/4
(+) Both in tumor and non-tumor tissues 3/9 1/4

SD: Standard deviation; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBcAg: Hepatitis B core antigen; HBeAg: Hepatitis B envelop antigen.