Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the patients (n = 1687)
| Characteristics | No. of patients (%) |
|---|---|
| Median age (interquartile range) (years) | 56 (46–66) |
| Etiology | |
| HBV | 1249 (74.0) |
| HCV | 164 (9.7) |
| Alcohol | 134 (7.9) |
| Cryptogenic | 140 (8.3) |
| Child–Pugh class | |
| A | 1476 (87.5) |
| B | 207 (12.3) |
| C | 4 (0.2) |
| BCLC stage | |
| 0 | 92 (5.5) |
| A | 381 (22.6) |
| B | 173 (10.3) |
| C | 1032 (61.2) |
| D | 9 (0.5) |
| mUICC stage | |
| I | 170 (10.1) |
| II | 564 (33.4) |
| III | 437 (25.9) |
| IVa | 332 (19.7) |
| IVb | 184 (10.9) |
| Tumor type | |
| Well-defined | 1216 (72.1) |
| Ill-defined | 471 (27.9) |
HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, mUICC modified Union of International Cancer Control