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Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2021 Jan 6;31(7):4981–4990. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07559-1

Table 1: Patient characteristics.

The numerical data are summarized as mean ± standard deviation or median (*) and the categorical data are shown as frequency (percentage). HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma, ICC = intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, FNH = focal nodular hyperplasia, MELD = Model For End-Stage Liver Disease, Child-Pugh= Child-Turcotte-Pugh-Score, NASH= nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, PSC = primary sclerosing cholangitis, ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, BCLC = Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, HKLC = Hong Kong Liver Cancer classification system.

HCC Non-HCC
ICC Regenerative
nodule
Dysplastic
nodule
Hemangioma Cyst FNH Bile duct
adenoma
Number of Patients 73 12 2 2 16 10 2 1
Gender
   - Male 57 (78) 9 (75) 1 (50) 1 (50) 7 (44) 3 (30) 1 (50) 1 (100)
   - Female 16 (22) 3 (25) 1 (50) 1 (50) 9 (56) 7 (70) 1 (50) 0 (0)
Age at imaging 61±8 69±13 37* 61* 57±10 56±9 42* 53*
Ethnic
   - Caucasian 53 (73) 9 (75) 1 (50) 2 (100) 11 (69) 8 (80) 1 (50) 1 (100)
   - African American 9 (12) 2 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (13) 0 (0) 1 (50) 0 (0)
   - Asian 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
   - Other 10 (14) 1 (8) 1 (50) 0 (0) 3 (19) 2 (20) 0 (0) 0 (0)
MELD 10* 13±6 20* 10* 8±2 6* 10* 10*
Cirrhosis 73 1 2 2 6 2 0 1
   - Child-Pugh
     ∘ A 44 (60) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (50) 4 (67) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (100)
     ∘ B 26 (36) 1 (100) 1 (50) 1 (50) 2 (33) 2 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
     ∘ C 3 (4) 0 (0) 1 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
   - Cause
     ∘ Hepatitis B 2 (3) 0 (0) 1 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
     ∘ Hepatitis C 53 (62) 1 (50) 0 (0) 2 (100) 2 (33) 2 (100) 0 (0) 1 (100)
     ∘ Alcohol 21 (25) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (50) 2 (33) 1 (50) 1 (100) 0 (0)
     ∘ NASH 8 (9) 0 (0) 1 (50) 0 (0) 1 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (100)
     ∘ PSC 1(1) 1 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Malignancy related
   - ECOG
     ∘ 0 55 (75) 3 (25)
     ∘ 1 16 (22) 4 (33)
     ∘ 2 1 (1) 2 (17)
     ∘ 3 1 (1) 1 (8)
     ∘ unknown 0 (0) 2 (17)
   - Extrahepatic Spread 1 (14) 0 (0)
HCC related
   - BCLC
     ∘ 0 12 (16)
     ∘ A 45 (62)
     ∘ B 0 (0)
     ∘ C 13 (18)
     ∘ D 3 (4)
   - HKLC
     ∘ 1 43 (58)
     ∘ 2 26 (36)
     ∘ 3 1 (1)
     ∘ 4 0 (0)
     ∘ 5 3 (4)