Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with LC and proven HCC

Characteristics		Patients with LC1	Patients with HCC2	Total	p values
Gender	Males	26 or 52 %	31 or 62 %	57	> 0.05
	Females	24 or 48 %	19 or 38 %	43	> 0.05
Age	Mean	62.70±10.49	63.73±10.92	63.29±10.67	> 0.05
	Range	30-81	29-81	29-81	-
Etiology	HBV3	28 or 56 %	34 or 68 %	62	> 0.05
	HCV4	21 or 42 %	16 or 32 %	37	> 0.05
	HBV+HCV	1 or 2 %	-	1	-

¹LC - liver cirrhosis;

²HCC - hepatocellular carcinoma;

³HBV- hepatitis B virus;

⁴HCV-hepatitis C virus.