Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study group.
| Medians and IQRs or Numbers and % | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56 (52–61) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 59 (76.6%) |
| Female | 18 (23.4%) |
| HCV | 58 (75.3%) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.20 (23.3–28.3) |
| Serum AFP (ng/ml) | 13.1 (5.0–112.8) |
| Adipose tissue (cm2/m2) | |
| subcutaneous | 51.7 (37.3–72.3) |
| visceral | 27.8 (20.3–46.6) |
| total | 83.4 (58.7–110.9) |
| Muscular tissue (cm2/m2) | |
| psoas major | 6.2 (5.1–7.3) |
| total | 50.1 (43.1–56.4) |
| Time between LT and the last CT scan (days) | 51 (26–95) |
| Tumor characteristic | |
| number of tumors | 1 (1–2) |
| size of the largest tumor | 25 (15–35) |
| microinvasion | 14 (18.67%) |
| poor tumor differentiation | 9 (11.69%) |
| fulfillment of Milan criteria | 53 (68.83%) |
IQRs—interquartile ranges, HCV—Hepatitis C Virus, BMI—Body Mass Index, AFP—alpha-fetoprotein, LT—Liver Transplantation, CT—Computed Tomography.