Table 2.

Characteristics of the study subjects

Patient characteristics
Age, y
Median	62
Range	17–80
Sex, number (%)
Male	22 (76%)
Female	7 (24%)
Pathology
Poorly diff	2 (7%)
Moderately diff	20 (69%)
Well diff	7 (24%)
Cirrhosis
Yes	24 (83%)
No	5 (17%)
Disease stage (T, N)
T1, N0	5 (17%)
T1, NX	10 (34%)
T2, N0	6 (21%)
T2, NX	4 (14%)
T3, N0	1 (3%)
T3, NX	3 (10%)
AFP
Median	15.5
Range	1.8–836
Vascular invasion
Present	8 (28%)
Absent	20 (69%)
Indeterminate	1 (3%)
HCC group
Viral infected	15 (52%)
HCV	14 (48%)
HBV	1 (3%)
Uninfected	14 (48%)
ASH	5 (17%)
NASH	9 (31%)

Abbreviations: ASH, alcoholic steatohepatitis; NASH, nonalcoholic setatohepatitis.