Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 2 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C-related liver cirrhosis

Parameter	Group		P value
Parameter	HCC− (n = 28)	HCC+ (n = 48)	P value
Age
Mean ± SD	57.5 ± 7.29	56.94 ± 6.82	0.736
Median (range)	56.5 (41–70)	55.5 (42–75)	0.736
Sex
Male (M)	20 (71.4%)	36 (75%)	0.733
Female (F)	8 (28.6%)	12 (25%)	0.733
Smoking	3 (10.7%)	4 (8.3%)	0.704
Hypertension	8 (28.6%)	10 (20.8%)	0.444
Diabetes mellitus	9 (32.1%)	17 (35.4%)	0.772
Child class
A	4 (14.3%)	8 (16.6%)	0.78
B	10 (35.7%)	20 (41.7%)
C	14 (50%)	20 (41.7%)
MELD score
Mean ± SD	16.82 ± 4.99	16.02 ± 5.35	0.521
Median (range)	17.5 (8–25)	16 (6–31)	0.521

HCC hepatocellular carcinoma
P value < 0.05 is statistically significant

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