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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the research patients (n = 117)

From: The prognostic role of the AST/ALT ratio in hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving thermal ablation combined with simultaneous TACE

General information

Data

Age(y)

60 ± 10

Sex [n (%)]

 Male

96 (82.1%)

 Female

21 (17.9%)

Operation mode [n (%)]

 RFA + TACE

38 (32.5%)

 MWA + TACE

79 (67.5%)

Hepatectomy before treatment [n (%)]

 Yes

25 (21.4%)

 No

92 (78.6%)

Hepatitis [n (%)]

 HBV

102 (87.2%)

 HCV

4 (3.4%)

Cirrhosis [n (%)]

 yes

80 (68.4%)

 no

37 (31.6%)

ALB(g/l)

40.0 ± 5.0

AFP (ng/ml)

497.5 ± 1776.8

AST/ALT ratio

1.3 ± 1.3

Tumor numbers

 1

68 (58.1%)

 2

18 (15.4%)

  ≥ 3

31 (26.5%)

Tumor maximum diameter(mm)

27.7 ± 12.9

BCLC stages

 A

86 (73.5%)

 B

31 (26.5%)

Child–Pugh grades

 A

113 (96.6%)

 B

4(3.4%)

  1. RFA radiofrequency ablation, TACE transarterial chemoembolization, MWA microwave ablation, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, ALB albumin, AFP alpha fetoprotein, AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer