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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oncology. 2017 Dec 6;94(2):116–124. doi: 10.1159/000484564

Table 6.

Comparisons HCC patient by Birth Place.

Parameter* Birth Place
p-value#
Adana
(n=213)
Ankara
(n=45)
Diyabakir
(n=222)
Hatay
(n=90)
Mardin
(n=65)
Mersin
(n=105)
Sex (Males) (%) 173 (81.22) 36 (80.00) 188 (84.68) 68 (75.56) 55 (84.62) 84 (80.00) 0.51
Age (yr) 63.33±11.28 62.96±9.02 58.57±11.94 64.31±12.62 59.35±12.72 62.87±9.27 0.0001
Cirrhosis (%) 160 (76.19) 37 (82.22) 196 (88.29) 56 (62.92) 53 (81.54) 88 (85.44) <0.001
Etiology (%) <0.001 ^
 HBV(−) & HCV(−) 40 (20.51) 11 (25.58) 38 (17.67) 24 (29.27) 13 (20.31) 25 (26.60)
 HBV(+) & HCV(−) 120 (61.54) 25 (58.14) 159 (73.95) 33 (40.24) 46 (71.88) 50 (53.19)
 HBV(−) & HCV(+) 35 (17.95) 7 (16.28) 18 (8.37) 25 (30.49) 5 (7.81) 19 (20.21)
 HDV(+) 10 (5.08) 0 (0.00) 37 (17.13) 4 (4.88) 6 (9.68) 5 (5.00) <0.001
Platelet counts (103/μL) 175.33±111.09 133.09±72.95 161.07±95.23 164.34±110.62 187.41±129.35 157.67±101.54 0.21
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.14±2.15 11.95±2.65 12.26±2.30 11.31±2.07 12.10±2.27 11.45±2.28 0.002
GGTP (U/L) 121.03±155.33 295.00±130.11 185.87±162.03 121.28±113.40 216.14±261.51 138.66±181.97 0.0001
AST (U/L) 85.57±182.56 160.00±104.65 128.59±142.77 85.90±65.42 119.74±122.60 413.13±1420.63 0.0001
ALKP (U/L) 160.97±119.41 223.00±97.58 205.33±164.69 216.04±237.91 269.09±269.01 271.43±640.20 0.01
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL) 2.20±2.91 2.99±16.56 2.58±3.61 2.41±3.88 3.47±5.86 4.63±6.95 0.32
AFP (IU/mL) 5857.67±23424.97 3253.74±15819.15 8508.09±53108.07 9469.25±39870.72 2884.87±8652.05 10108.97±46954.41 0.08
MTD (cm) 6.39±4.29 5.03±3.27 6.19±3.89 5.33±3.66 5.78±3.42 7.0±3.65 0.03
Nodules number (%) <0.001 ^
 1 117 (60.00) 28 (66.67) 99 (46.05) 66 (77.65) 33 (52.38) 39 (82.98)
 2–3 78 (40.00) 14 (33.33) 115 (53.49) 19 (22.35) 30 (47.62) 8 (17.02)
 >3 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.47) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
PV Thrombosis (%) 61 (29.61) 17 (41.46) 73 (33.80) 18 (20.69) 22 (35.48) 11 (40.74) 0.11 ^
*

All values: Means±Standard Deviation as continuous; Frequences and percentage (%) as categorical.

#

Kruskal-Wallis rank test;

^

Chi-square test.

Abbreviations: GGTP, gamma glutamyl transpeptidae; AST, aspartate aminotransaminase; ALKP, Alkaline phosphatase; AFP, Alpha-fetoprotein; MTD, Maximum Tumor Diameter; PVT, Portal Vein Thrombosis.