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. 2021 Aug;10(4):522–525. doi: 10.21037/hbsn-21-203

Table 2. Overall survival in NAFLD-HCC vs. non NAFLD-HCC: results of 2 validation cohorts.

OS/patient background Cohort 1 (n=130) P value Cohort 2 (n=118) P value
NAFLD-HCC (n=13) Non NAFLD-HCC (n=117) NAFLD-HCC (n=11) Non NAFLD-HCC (n=107)
OS, months (95% CI) 5.4 (1.8–9.0) 11.0 (7.5–14.5) 0.023 8.8 (3.6–12.4) 17. 7 (8.8–26.5) 0.034
Country/region Australia, Germany, United States, Europe,
Italy, Switzerland Taiwan, Japan
Age 72.5±8.5 67.4±8.6 0.046 67.3±7.5 61.9±10.1 0.046
Child-Pugh Class A 6 (46%) 76 (65%) 0.229 11 (100%) 107 (100%)
Child-Pugh Class B 7 (54%) 41 (35%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
MVI 3 (23%) 57 (49%) 0.079 4 (36%) 30 (28%) 0.441
EHS 10 (77%) 78 (67%) 0.547 6 (54%) 43 (40%) 0.233

NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; MVI, macrovascular invasion; EHS, extrahepatic spread.