Table 1.
Demographic and clinical information of the patients.
| Paraffin samples | Frozen samples | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 102 | 24 | |
| Gender | Male | 84 | 19 |
| Female | 18 | 5 | |
| Age | < 50 | 35 | 3 |
| ≥ 50 | 67 | 21 | |
| Multinodular | Yes | 5 | 2 |
| No | 97 | 22 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | < 5 | 61 | 15 |
| ≥ 5 | 41 | 9 | |
| Cirrhosis | Yes | 62 | 14 |
| No | 40 | 10 | |
| Metastasis | Yes | 13 | 9 |
| No | 89 | 15 | |
| ALT (IU/L) | Normal⁎ | 75 | 12 |
| Abnormal⁎ | 37 | 12 | |
| AFP (μg/L) | Normal⁎⁎ | 48 | 13 |
| Abnormal⁎⁎ | 56 | 11 | |
| Child-Pugh Class | A | 97 | 21 |
| B | 5 | 3 | |
| BCLC stage | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| A | 73 | 13 | |
| B | 1 | 2 | |
| C | 13 | 9 | |
| HBV | Yes | 85 | 19 |
| No | 17 | 5 | |
| HCV | Yes | 0 | 0 |
| No | 102 | 24 | |
| Schistosomiasis | Yes | 3 | 1 |
| No | 99 | 23 | |
| Fatty liver | Yes | 5 | 3 |
| No | 97 | 21 | |
All the information were collected before the surgery.
⁎
Normal: ALT ≤ 50 IU/L; Abnormal: ALT > 50 IU/L.
⁎⁎
Normal: AFP ≤ 25 μg/L; Abnormal: AFP > 25 μg/L.