Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients in this study.
| Clinical data | Number (%) (group 1/group 2) | Mean ±SD (range) (group 1/group 2) | t/χ2 | p |
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| Patients | ||||
| Female | 3 (7.0)/3 (10.0) | 0.69τ | ||
| Male | 40 (93.0)/27 (90.0) | |||
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| Age (years) | ||||
| group 1 | 56.1±7.9 (24-82) | 1.51 | 0.07 | |
| group 2 | 53.9±1.1 (34-77) | |||
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| HBs-Ag | ||||
| positive | 43 (100.0)/ 28 (93.3) | 0.166τ | ||
| negative | 0 (0)/2 (6.7) | |||
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| Number of lesions per patient (group 1/group 2) | ||||
| 1 | 34 (79.1)/20 (66.7) | 1.82 | 0.402 | |
| 2 | 5 (11.6)/7 (23.3) | |||
| >2 | 4 (9.3)/3 (10.0) | |||
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| The longest diameter of single HCC (cm) | ||||
| <2 | 10 (23.3)/ 24 (80.0) | 1.8±0.3/1.5±0.6 | 1.5 | 0.07 |
| 2–5 | 19 (44.2)/ 4 (13.3) | 2.9±0.9/3.3±0.7 | -0.83 | 0.21 |
| >5 | 14 (32.5)/ 2 (6.7) | 6.0±0.4/5.3±1.5 | 6.31 | 0.32 |
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| Aetiology of liver disease (group 1/group 2) | ||||
| Alcoholic | 0 (0)/2 (6.7) | 0.166τ | ||
| Hepatitis B | 43 (100.0)/28 (93.3) | |||
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| Differentiation of HCC (group 1/group 2) | ||||
| Well-differentiation | 21 (48.8)/12 (40) | 0.754 | 0.385 | |
| Moderate-poorly differentiation | 22 (51.2)/18 (60) | |||
τ: Fisher's exact test.