Table 1 Clinicopathologic features of 153 patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma
Variables | Mean ± SD or number (%) of patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Young group (n = 70) | Older group (n = 83) | P value | |
Gender | |||
Female | 17 (24.2%) | 11(13.3%) | 0.196 |
Male | 53 (75.8%) | 72(86.7%) | |
Age (years) | 32 ± 5 | 55 ± 9 | <0.001 |
Hepatitis B status | |||
Negative | 9 (12.8%) | 28(33.7%) | 0.031 |
Positive | 61 (87.2%) | 55(66.3%) | |
Capsular formation | |||
Presence | 32 (45.7%) | 29(34.9%) | 0.535 |
Absence | 38 (54.3%) | 54(65.1%) | |
Tumor number | |||
Single | 49(70.0%) | 60(72.3%) | 0.654 |
Multiple | 21(30.0%) | 23(27.7%) | |
AFP level | |||
Negative | 21 (30.0%) | 32(38.5%) | 0.616 |
Positive | 49 (70.0%) | 51(61.5%) | |
Liver cirrhosis | |||
Absent | 38 (54.3%) | 44(53.0%) | 0.851 |
Present | 32 (45.7%) | 39(47.0%) | |
Child-Pugh classification | |||
A | 56 (80.0%) | 73(87.9%) | 0.762 |
B | 14 (20.0%) | 10(12.1%) | |
Tumor size (cm) | 7.3 ± 2.1 | 7.9 ± 2.7 | 0.801 |
Vascular invasion | |||
Absent | 37 (52.8%) | 49(59.0%) | 0.837 |
Present | 33(47.2%) | 34(41.0%) | |
BMI | |||
Normal weight | 55(78.6%) | 45(54.2%) | 0.032 |
Overweight/obese | 15(21.4%) | 38(45.8%) | |