Table 1.
Characteristics of HCC patients (n=655)
| Variable | No delay (Diagnostic follow- up ≤60 days) (%) n=348 |
Diagnostic delay >60 days (%) n=307 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at HCC diagnosis | - | - | 0.84 |
| <50 years | 10 (2.9) | 6 (2.0) | |
| 50-64 years | 247 (71.0) | 221 (72.0) | |
| 65-79 years | 70 (20.1) | 64 (20.9) | |
| ≥80 years | 21 (6.0) | 16 (5.2) | |
| Year of HCC diagnosis | - | - | <0.001 |
| 2006 | 67 (19.3) | 16 (5.3) | |
| 2007 | 53 (15.2) | 49 (16.2) | |
| 2008 | 80 (23.0) | 63 (20.9) | |
| 2009 | 80 (23.0) | 86 (28.5) | |
| 2010 | 59 (17.0) | 68 (22.5) | |
| 2011 | 9 (2.6) | 20 (6.6) | |
| Race/ethnicity | - | - | 0.39 |
| White | 203 (58.3) | 174 (56.7) | |
| Black | 94 (27.0) | 78 (25.4) | |
| Hispanic | 42 (12.1) | 50 (16.3) | |
| Other | 9 (2.6) | 5 (1.6) | |
| VA treatment facility location | - | - | 0.79 |
| Central | 57 (16.4) | 50 (16.3) | |
| East | 77 (22.1) | 78 (25.4) | |
| South | 134 (38.5) | 114 (37.1) | |
| West | 80 (23.0) | 65 (21.2) | |
| Hepatitis B (HBV) | 20 (5.8) | 13 (4.2) | 0.40 |
| Hepatitis C (HCV) | 258 (74.1) | 240 (78.2) | 0.23 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 126 (36.2) | 120 (39.1) | 0.45 |
| History of alcohol or drug abuse | 183 (52.6) | 174 (56.7) | 0.29 |
| Liver disease severity | - | - | <0.001 |
| Child-Pugh class A | 101 (29.8) | 128 (44.6) | |
| Child-Pugh class B | 178 (52.5) | 132 (46.0) | |
| Child-Pugh class C | 60 (17.7) | 27 (9.4) | |
| Barcelona staging | - | - | <0.001 |
| A | 37 (11.1) | 71 (25.7) | |
| B | 71 (21.3) | 77 (27.9) | |
| C | 138 (41.3) | 91 (33.0) | |
| D | 88 (26.4) | 37 (13.4) | |
| Lesion size | - | - | <0.001 |
| <1 cm | 20 (5.8) | 99 (32.3) | |
| 1-2 cm | 183 (52.6) | 182 (59.3) | |
| >2 cm | 145 (41.7) | 26 (15.2) | |
| Deyo-Charlson Comorbidity Index | - | - | 0.002 |
| 0 | 60 (17.5) | 29 (9.6) | |
| 1 | 145 (42.3) | 118 (38.9) | |
| ≥2 | 138 (40.2) | 156 (51.5) |