Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with HCC.

	Study group	Control group
Characteristic	(n = 20)	(n = 32)	P
Age/year
≤60	12	22	0.519
>60	8	10
Gender
Male	17	27	0.952
Female	3	5
AFP
>400	5	7	0.795
≤400	15	25
Tuomr size
<5cm	10	14	0.777
≥5cm	10	18
Child-Pugh Stage
A	18	30	0.622
B	2	2
TNM stage
I	4	5
II	6	17	0.227
III	9	10
IV	1	0
HBsAg(±)
+	16	27	0.685
−	4	5

P values are from Log-rank test. CI: confidence interval.