Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma patients
From: Clinical manifestation, staging and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Gambian patients
Variable | n = 260 (%) |
|---|---|
Age, yrs(range) | 40 (12–107) |
Age Group | |
 < 35 | 73 (28.1) |
 35–44 | 84 (32.3) |
 45–54 | 47 (18.1) |
 55–64 | 25 (9.6) |
 ≥ 65 | 31 (11.9) |
Sex | |
 Male | 210 (80.7) |
 Female | 50 (19.3) |
Place of Birth | |
 Rural | 195 (75) |
 Urban | 41 (15.8) |
 Foreign | 24 (9.3) |
Ethnicity | |
 Mandinka | 65 (25) |
 Fula | 55 (21.2) |
 Wollof | 68 (26.2) |
 Jola | 23 (8.9) |
 Others | 49 (18.8) |
Marital status | |
 Married | 203 (79.9) |
 Single | 34 (13.4) |
 Widow | 11 (4.3) |
 Divorced | 6 (2.4) |
 Missing | 6 |
Occupation | |
 Farmer/Gardener | 98 (42) |
 Construction/industrial | 45 (19.3) |
 Business/Trader | 27 (11.6) |
 Civil servant | 24 (10.3) |
 Others | 39 (16.7) |
 Missing | 27 |
Clinical features | |
 1. Constitutional symptoms | |
  Fever | 216 (83.1) |
  Night sweat | 173 (67) |
  Weight loss | 237 (91.2) |
  Easy fatiguability | 237 (91.2) |
 2. GI symptoms | |
  Abdominal pain | 228(87.7) |
  Early satiety | 229 (88.1) |
  Abdominal distension | 209 (80.3) |
  Anorexia | 204 (78.5) |
  Nausea | 161 (61.9) |
  Vomiting | 97(37.3) |
  Bloody stool | 74 (28.5) |
  Diarrhoea | 89 (34.2) |
  Yellow eyes | 110 (42.3) |
  Dark urine | 166(63.8) |
  Bilateral leg swelling | 93 (35.7) |
  Pruritus | 79 (30.4) |
Examination | |
 Oedema | 89(34.2) |
 Jaundice | 76(29.2) |
 Hepatomegaly | 205(78.8) |
 Splenomegaly | 28(10.7) |
 Ascites | 89(34.2) |
 Collateral veins | 43(16.5) |
 Abdominal tenderness | 107(41.2) |