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Table 1 Basic demographic data of patients with BCLC stage B hepatocellular carcinoma of various treatments

From: Comparison of overall survival on surgical resection versus transarterial chemoembolization with or without radiofrequency ablation in intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis

Variable

SR (n = 140)

TACE (n = 231)

TACE+RFA (n = 57)

Total (n = 428)

P-value

Male

117 (83.6)

173 (74.9)

43 (75.4)

333 (77.8)

0.134

Age (years)

62 (35–82)

64 (29–91)

64 (28–86)

63 (25–91)

0.311

Smoking

68 (48.6)

113 (48.9)

27 (47.4)

208 (48.6)

0.978

Alcohol use

58 (41.4)

100 (43.3)

23 (40.4)

181 (42.3)

0.894

HBV positive

70 (50.0)

103 (44.6)

32 (56.1)

205 (47.9)

0.245

HCV positive

30 (21.4)

90 (39.0)

21 (36.8)

141 (32.9)

0.002

Total Bilirubin

1.03 ± 0.43

1.34 ± 1.14

1.40 ± 0.66

1.24 ± 0.91

0.003

INR

1.00 ± 0.06

1.06 ± 0.12

1.10 ± 0.14

1.05 ± 0.11

< 0.0001

Cirrhosis

36 (25.7)

155 (67.1)

43 (75.4)

234 (54.7)

< 0.0001

Child-Pugh class A

134 (95.7)

194 (84.0)

44 (77.2)

372 (86.9)

< 0.0001

Tumor size

8.2 ± 3.3

7.0 ± 3.8

5.5 ± 2.6

7.0 ± 3.6

0.001

Tumor size≥5 cm

127 (90.7)

149 (64.5)

25 (43.8)

289 (67.5)

< 0.0001

Tumor number (≥3)

49 (35.0)

178 (77.1)

51 (89.5)

278 (65.0)

< 0.0001

AFP (ng/mL) ≥ 200

34 (24.3)

50 (21.6)

7 (12.1)

91(21.3)

0.171

Mortality

50 (35.7)

173 (74..9)

34 (59.6)

257 (60.0)

< 0.0001

Follow-up times (months)

39 (1–98)

22 (1–97)

37 (3–95)

29 (1–98)

< 0.001

  1. BCLC stage Barcelona clinic liver cancer; SR Surgical resection; TACE Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; RFA Radiofrequency ablation; HBV Hepatitis B virus; HCV Hepatitis C virus; AFP: INR International normalize ratio; Alpha-fetoprotein;