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. 2022 Oct 20;12:945915. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.945915

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics before and after PSM.

Variables Before PSM After PSM
TACE+L n=91n, (%) TACE+L+PD1 n=75n, (%) P TACE+L n=48n, (%) TACE+L+PD1 n=48n, (%) P
Age 0.263 0.593
≤60 66 (72.5) 60 (80.0) 41 (85.4) 38 (79.2)
>60 25 (27.5) 15 (20.0) 7 (14.6) 10 (20.8)
Sex 0.017 1.000
Female 3 (3.3) 10 (13.3) 2 (4.2) 1 (2.1)
Male 88 (96.7) 65 (86.7) 46 (95.8) 47 (97.9)
ECOG-PS <0.001 1.000
0 58 (63.7) 69 (92.0) 43 (89.6) 43 (89.6)
1 33 (36.3) 6 (8.0) 5 (10.4) 5 (10.4)
ALBI grade 0.292 0.320
1 34 (37.4) 37 (49.3) 20 (41.7) 25 (52.1)
2 55 (60.4) 37 (49.3) 28 (58.3) 22 (45.8)
3 2 (2.2) 1 (1.3) 0 (0) 1 (2.1)
Child-Pugh Class 0.009 0.673
A 78 (85.7) 73 (97.3) 44 (91.7) 46 (95.8)
B 13 (14.3) 2 (2.7) 4 (8.3) 2 (4.2)
Tumor diameter (cm) 0.863 0.527
≤7 34 (37.4) 29 (38.7) 20 (41.7) 16 (33.3)
>7 57 (62.6) 46 (61.3) 28 (58.3) 32 (66.7)
Tumor number (n) 0.697 0.173
≤3 28 (30.8) 21 (28.0) 10 (20.8) 17 (35.4)
>3 63 (69.2) 54 (72.0) 38 (79.2) 31 (64.6)
BCLC stage 0.727 0.511
B 20(22.0) 20 (26.7) 12 (25.0) 9 (28.8)
C 71(78.0) 55 (73.3) 36 (75.0) 39 (81.2)
AFP (ng/ml) 0.086 0.674
≤400 41 (45.1) 24 (32.0) 20 (41.7) 17 (35.4)
>400 50 (54.9) 51 (68.0) 28 (58.3) 31 (64.6)
Portal vein thrombosis 0.622 0.671
NO 33 (36.3) 30 (40.0) 19 (39.6) 16 (33.3)
Yes 58 (63.7) 45 (60.0) 29 (60.4) 32 (66.7)
Extrahepatic metastasis 0.207 0.538
NO 42 (46.2) 42 (56.0) 28 (58.3) 24 (50)
Yes 49 (53.8) 33 (44.0) 20 (41.7) 24 (50)

ALBI, albumin-bilirubin; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.