Table 3.

Clinicopathological characteristics of patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx) after primary thermal ablation (TA), versus those who did not

Parameters at time of primary TA	Never OLTx (n = 139)	Eventual OLTx (n = 37)
Median age (IQR)	66·5 (59·0–71·3)	59·5 (53·7–65·0)	p = 0·002
Male sex	107 (77·0%)	35 (94·6%)	p = 0·031
Median diameter of primary tumour (IQR)	2·7 cm (2·1–3·3)	2·8 cm (2·0–3·6)	p = 0·344
Number of tumours at primary intervention			p = 0·304
1	97 (69·8%)	29 (78·4%)
2 or more	42 (30·2%)	8 (21·6%)
Cirrhosis	122 (87·8%)	37 (100%)	p = 0·018
Child–Pugh B	13 (9·7%; 5 missing)	5 (14·3%; 2 missing)	p = 0·652
HCV	19 (13·7%)	13 (35·1%)	p = 0·006
Median AFP at baseline	7·2	7·9	p = 0·864

Bold emphasis on P values reaching or approaching statistical significance