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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2014 Mar 7;25(7):1056–1066. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.01.010

Table 1. Baseline Patient Characteristics.

Total Patients N=428
Demographics N (%) Imaging characteristics N (%)
Age (years) <65 205 (48) Ascites Absent 350 (82)
≥65 223 (52) Present 78 (18)
Gender Male 312 (73) Portal Hypertension Present 320 (75)
Female 116 (27) Absent 108 (25)
Ethnic Group Caucasian 300 (70) Infiltrative Yes 128 (30)
Asian 41 (10) No 300 (70)
Hispanic 29 (7) Tumor Burden 0-25% 342 (80)
African-American 45 (10) 26-50% 66 (15)
Native-American 2 (0) >50% 20 (5)
Unknown 11 (3) Lobar Distribution Unilobar 219 (51)
Etiology Alcohol 76 (18) Bilobar 209 (49)
Cryptogenic 63 (15) Tumor Focality Solitary 135 (31)
HBV 40 (9) Multifocal 293 (69)
HCV 151 (35) Largest Index Tumor Size (cm) ≤5 cm 194 (45)
HCV + Alcohol 26 (6) 5.1-10 cm 165 (39)
NASH 18 (4) >10 cm 69 (16)
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 8 (2) Portal Vein Thrombosis Absent 272 (64)
Unknown 26 (6) Main 84 (20)
Miscellaneous 20 (5) Lobar 72 (16)
Method of Diagnosis Biopsy 201 (47) Extrahepatic Disease Absent 377 (88)
Imaging 227 (53) Present 51 (12)
Laboratory values N (%) Miscellaneous N (%)
Alpha-fetoprotein (ng/mL) ≤200 242 (57) ECOG 0 235 (55)
>200 186 (43) 1 163 (38)
Bilirubin (mg/dL) < 2 360 (84)
> 2 68 (16) 2 30 (7)
Albumin (g/dL) ≥ 2.8 230 (54)
< 2.8 198 (46) Previous Liver Directed Therapy No 383 (89)
Alkaline Phosphatase (U/L) ≤ 200 349 (82)
>200 79 (18) Yes 45 (11)