Retinoid and carotenoid status in serum and liver among patients at high-risk for liver cancer

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 1 Selected characteristics of the study population by fibrosis stage

Characteristics	Control	No fibrosis	Mild/Moderate fibrosis	Severe fibrosis	Total	P-value*	P-value**
	n = 22	n = 18	n = 34	n = 17	n = 91
Age - Median (IQR)	45 (42–54)	55 (51–62)	53 (48–58)	56 (53–57)	53 (46–58)	0.17	0.17
Gender
Male	12	6	18	10	46	0.42	0.27
Female	10	12	16	7	45
Ethnicity
Asian	0	0	1	0	1	<0.01	0.68
Black	2	12	17	7	38
White	18	6	15	9	48
Unknown	2	0	1	1	4
BMI
< 25	0	1	13	4	18	0.02	0.11
25–30	5	9	12	7	33
> 30	9	8	8	6	31
Unknown	8	0	1	1	10
Smoking Status
Never	17	7	10	7	41	0.02	0.60
Former	2	7	11	7	27
Current	3	4	13	3	23
Diabetes
Yes	3	2	3	4	12	0.56	0.33
No	19	16	31	13	79
HCV Genotype
1	–	11	29	13	53	0.15	0.15
2	–	1	0	0	1
3	–	0	0	1	1
Unknown	–	6	5	3	14

*P-values are Fisher exact (2-tailed) for comparison of proportions and Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison of medians amongst all groups
**P-values are Fisher exact (2-tailed) for comparison of proportions and Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison of medians amongst diseased groups
Bold face represents statistically significant values

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