Table 1.

Patients’ Characteristics

Variable	No. of Patients (%)
No. of patients	205 (100)
Age: median [range], y	50 [21–78]
Gender
Male	184 (89.3)
Female	21 (10.7)
HBsAg
Negative	16 (7.8)
Positive	189 (92.2)
Cirrhosis
Negative	46 (22.4)
Positive	159 (77.6)
ALT (U/L)
< 37	88 (42.9)
≥37	117 (57.1)
AFP (ng/mL)
≤25	65 (31.7)
> 25	140 (68.3)
Tumor size (cm)
> 5	104 (50.7)
≤5	101 (49.3)
Tumor number
Single	138 (67.3)
Multiple	67 (32.7)
Vascular invasion
Absent	169 (82.4)
Present	36 (17.6)
TNM stage
I+II	126 (61.5)
III+IV	79 (38.5)
Tumor differentiation
I–II	116 (56.6)
III–IV	89 (43.3)