Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients/lesions enrolled according to histological grades.
| Characteristics | Early (n=71) | Advanced (n=92) | Total (n=163) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well (n=24) | Moderately (n=37) | Poorly (n=31) | ||||
| Age (mean ± standard deviation, year) | 69.0±10.9 | 70.5±9.1 | 70.2±9.9 | 73.3±10.6 | 70.3±10.4 | 0.306 |
| Gender (female/male, n) | 14/57 | 6/18 | 11/26 | 8/23 | 39/124 | 0.694 |
| Child-Pugh classification (Class A/B, n) | 67/4 | 19/5 | 31/6 | 27/4 | 144/19 | 0.154 |
| Etiology (HCV/HBV/others, n)† | 47/10/14 | 18/3/3 | 22/6/9 | 21/6/4 | 108/25/30 | 0.831 |
| BMI (mean± standard deviation, kg/m2) | 22.8±4.1 | 24.1±2.9 | 23.5±3.6 | 23.2±4.1 | 23.2±3.8 | 0.506 |
| Size (≤2 cm/>2 cm) | 63/8 | 18/6 | 28/9 | 21/10 | 130/33 | 0.071 |
†, here, others indicate alcohol abuse, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis and some unknown reasons. A few patients have two or more primary HCC related diseases simultaneously, so the number of the counts is larger than the number of patients.