| |
Normal
(n=15) |
Cirrhosis
(n=21) |
Early-stage HCC (n=67) |
Late-stage HCC (n=82) |
p-value |
| Age (yr) |
28.5±14.1 |
50.7±8.7 |
51.2±9.2 |
51.0±12.5 |
<0.0001†a |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
| M |
8 |
19 |
56 |
67 |
0.0289†b |
| F |
7 |
2 |
11 |
15 |
| Onset of hepatitis (yr) |
|
16.3±11.7 |
13.1±9.4 |
16.0±10.8 |
0.6054a |
| Histological grade |
|
|
|
|
|
| Grade 1 |
|
|
6 |
8 |
0.0830b |
| Grade 2 |
|
|
46 |
49 |
| Grade 3 |
|
|
8 |
20 |
| Grade 4 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
*Plus-minus differences are mean ± SD
†p<0.05
ap-value by ANOVA
bp-value by chi-square test |
