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. 2022 Dec 14;2022:1090313. doi: 10.1155/2022/1090313

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics D-TACE group (N = 293) D-TACE + lipiodolgroup (N = 34) P value
(No, %; mean ± SD) (No, %; mean ± SD)
Gender
 Male 243 (82.9%) 30 (88.2%) 0.431
 Female 50 (17.1%) 4 (11.8%)
Age (years) 56.9 ± 11.1 55.0 ± 11.8 0.353
BCLC class
 A 81 (27.6%) 12 (35.3%) 0.572
 B 75 (25.6%) 9 (26.5%)
 C 137 (46.8%) 13 (38.2%)
Hepatitis
 Hepatitis B 221 (75.4%) 27 (79.4%) 0.607
 Other 72 (24.6%) 7 (20.6%)
Child-pugh score
 A 239 (81.6%) 30 (88.2%) 0.335
 B 54 (18.4%) 4 (11.8%)
  B7 49 2
  B8 4 1
  B9 1 1
TB (µmol/L) 21.0 ± 14.1 17.9 ± 7.1 0.198
Albumin (g/L) 35.4 ± 6.1 36.3 ± 5.6 0.422
PT (s) 14.1 ± 1.5 14.2 ± 1.6 0.584
AST (µmol/L) 78.5 ± 100.3 88.0 ± 99.8 0.602
ALT (µmol/L) 60.8 ± 99.7 63.3 ± 47.5 0.889
PLR 150.6 ± 98.1 133.9 ± 72.7 0.338
NLR 4.3 ± 6.6 3.3 ± 2.0 0.347
Tumor size (cm) 8.0 ± 4.3 9.5 ± 4.9 0.08
Tumor number
 ≤3 291 (99.3%) 33 (97.1%) 0.191
 >3 2 (0.7%) 1 (2.9%)
α-Fetoprotein level
 >400 ng/mL 122 (41.6%) 18 (52.9%) 0.207
 ≤400 ng/ml 171 (58.4%) 16 (47.1%)
Ascites
 Absent 246 (84.0%) 30 (88.2%) 0.515
 Present 47 (16.0%) 4 (11.8%)
TACE sessions 3.45 ± 2.2 3.91 ± 2.2 0.238

Note. D-TACE: drug-elutingbeads-transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; SD: standard deviation; BCLC: barcelona clinical liver cancer; TB: total bilirubin; PT: prothrombin time; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.