| 
      HCC: Hepatocellular Carcinoma; CH: Chronic Heptitis *P<0.05 comparing the frequency of triple mutation or quadruple mutation in HCC vs.CH.
        | Type | Patterns | HCC (n=102) | CH (n=105) | P value |  
        |  | V1753 | T1762 | A1768 | T1766 | A1764 |  
        | wild-type | - | - | - | - | - | 2 (2.0%) | 25 | 0.026 |  
        | single mutation | - |  |  |  |  | 0 (0%) | (23.8%) |  |  
        | double mutation | + | - | - | - | - | 66 (64.7%) 4 (3.9%)
 | 13 (12.4%) | 0.802 0.064
 |  
        | triple mutation | - -
 | + -
 | + -
 | - +
 | - | 12 (11.8%)* 6 (5.9%)
 7 (6.9%)*
 | 54 (51.4%) 2 (1.9%)
 | 0.022 0.092
 0.039
 |  
        | quadruple mutation | + +
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 | 3 (2.9%)* 2 (2.0%)
 | 4 (3.8%) 5 (4.8%)
 3 (2.9%)
 1 (0.95%)
 0 (0%)
 | 0.041 |  |