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. 2021 Aug;12(4):1718–1731. doi: 10.21037/jgo-20-435

Table 1. Demographic, disease, and treatment characteristics.

Characteristic Value
Sex, n (%), N=226
   Female 52 (23.0)
   Male 174 (77.0)
Race, n (%), N=226
   American Indian 1 (0.4)
   Asian 39 (17.3)
   Black 27 (11.9)
   Hispanic 20 (8.8)
   White 133 (58.8)
   Other 6 (2.7)
Age at first SIRT, years, N=226
   Mean (SD) 65.1 (9.42)
   Range 40.3–85.2
   <70, n (%) 156 (69.0)
   ≥70, n (%) 70 (31.0)
HCC etiology, n (%), N=224
   Hepatitis C 138 (61.6)
   Alcohol use 45 (20.1)
   NASH 27 (12.1)
   Hepatitis B 17 (7.6)
   Cryptogenic 15 (6.7)
   Other§ 7 (3.1)
MELD score, N=218
   Mean (SD) 8.8 (2.2)
   ≤10, n (%) 162 (74.3)
   >15, n (%) 1 (0.5)
ALBI score, mean (SD) –2.3 (0.57)
Child-Pugh grade, n (%), N=150
   A 110 (73.3)
   B 37 (24.7)
   C 3 (2.0)
Target lesion size, cm, N=114
   Mean (SD) 6.8 (4.4)
   Median (IQR) 5.8 (5.4)
   Range 0.6–30.1
Bilobar disease, n (%), N=221 105 (47.5)
Portal vein thrombosis, n (%), N=204 44 (21.6)
Ascites, n (%), N=211 71 (33.7)
Laboratory values, mean (SD)
   Bilirubin, mg/dL, N=226 1.1 (0.5)
   Albumin, g/dL, N=224 3.6 (0.6)
   Creatinine, mg/dL, N=220 0.9 (0.3)
   INR, N=219 1.1 (0.2)
Previous treatments, n (%), N=179
   Any treatment 131 (73.2)
   Transarterial chemoembolization 74 (41.3)
   Sorafenib 40 (22.4)
   Ablation 25 (14.0)
   Resection 21 (11.7)
   Radiation 2 (1.1)
Y-90 resin treatments, n (%), N=226
   1 157 (69.5)
   2 55 (24.3)
   3 10 (4.4)
   4 4 (1.8)
   Mean (SD) 1.4 (0.7)
Radiation dose of first SIRT, mCi, N=222
   Mean (SD) 1.18 (0.49)

, number of patients with available data is indicated; percentages are relative to the number with available data. , some patients had >1 etiology. §, “other” includes autoimmune hepatitis, iron-overload cirrhosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, de novo HCC. , some patients had >1 previous treatment. ALBI, albumin-bilirubin; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; INR, international normalized ratio; IQR, interquartile range; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; max, maximum; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; min, minimum; SD, standard deviation; SIRT, selective internal radiation therapy; Y-90, yttrium-90.