Number Percent in study   Number Percent in study Gender female 1033 24.9% male 3106 75.1% Age Younger<55year 1432 34.6% Older>55year 2707 65.4% Alcohol [-] 2950 71.2% [+] 1189 28.7% HBV [-] 2010 48.6% [+] 2129 51.4% HCV [-] 2520 60.9% [+] 1619 39.1% PVT [-] 3187 77% [+] 952 23% AFP low<200 2671 64.5% high>200 1468 35.5% Bilirubin low<1.2 2618 63.2% high>1.2 1521 36.8% ALT low<40 1693 40.9% high>40 2476 59.1% AST/ALT low <1.0 1344 32.5% high>1.0 2795 67.5% albumin low<3.0 951 23.0% high>3.0 3188 77.0% hemoglobin low<13.0 2236 54.0% high>13.0 1903 46.0% platelets Low ≤ 125 1603 38.7% high> 125 2536 61.3% INR low<1.0 1355 32.7% high>1.0 2784 67.3% PVT, hepatitis B and C antigens (HBV, HCV) absence/presence and self-not/reported alcoholism are shown as [-]/[+]. Concentration units are: albumin [g/dL], hemoglobin [g/dL], bilirubin [mg/dL], platelet [103/dL], AFP [ng/dL], INR [r.u.], AST [UI/L], ALT[UI/L].

Table 1: Demographic and clinical characterization of patients.