Parameters | HCCs | Benign nodules | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Patient-wise analysis | |||
Number | 111 | 39 | |
Age, median [range] (years) | 55 [35–81] | 59 [41–82] | 0.198 |
Male/female | 97/14 | 34/5 | 0.706 |
Child–Pugh | NA | ||
A | 56 | 19 | |
B | 45 | 14 | |
C | 10 | 6 | |
AFPa | |||
Patients with high AFP serumb | 45 | 11 | NA |
Patients with AFP serum > 200 ng/ml | 24 | 2 | NA |
Etiology of liver cirrhosisc | NA | ||
HBV | 86 | 34 | |
HCV | 18 | 3 | |
Ethanol | 20 | 6 | |
Number of nodules/patient | NA | ||
One nodule | 110 | 34 | |
Two nodules | 1 | 5 | |
Lesion-wise analysis | |||
Number | 112 | 44 | NA |
Histopathologic feature of lesions | |||
Well-differentiated HCC | 47 | 0 | |
Moderately/Poorly differentiated HCC | 75 | 0 | NA |
Dysplastic nodule | 0 | 39 | |
Regenerative nodule | 0 | 5 | |
Nodule size, median [range] (cm) | 2.1 [0.9–3.0] | 1.7 [0.6–2.9] | 0.027 |