Table 1. The demographic data of the patients.

	Advanced HCC	Early HCC	LC	P value
Male/ Female	97/17	65/16	101/51	0.001
Age (yr)	53(21-74)	56(36-81)	51(23-83)	0.154
HBV infection/others	90/14	69/12	138/14	0.377
History of infection (yr)	10.9±7.5	14.1±6.5	14.7±8.2	0.183
Albumin (g/L)	33.4±6.0	33.8±6.8	30.7±6.3	0.001
Bilirubin (μmol/L)	25.4(4.6-520.6)	20.8(6.0-141.0)	24.9(4.8-423.3)	0.209
Prothrombin time(s)	13.3(10.7-22.2)	13.1(10.6-21.9)	13.9(10.2-23.2)	0.001
Alanine transaminase(IU/L)	44(9-1194)	39(7-263)	42(10-1260)	0.120