Table 2.

Patient characteristics (n = 470 cirrhotic patients)

Male/female (n; %)	389/81 (82.8%/17.2%)
Age [years] (mean ± SD)	67.1 ± 10.3
History of extrahepatic malignancy	69 (14.7%)
Diabetes mellitus	174 (37%)
General condition (ECOG)
ECOG 0	288 (61.3%)
ECOG 1–2	171 (36.4%)
ECOG 3–4	11 (2.3%)

Table 2 summarizes the clinical data of the 470 cirrhotic patients enrolled into the study

SD, standard deviation; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status