Table 1 Demographic and biochemical laboratory data among the studied groups

Sex

 Females: n (%)

 Males: n (%)

10 (14.3%)

60 (85.7%)^a,b

25 (56.8%)

19 (43.2%)

11 (36%)

19 (64%)

0.1

 < 0.001

0.037

Age (years)

57.5 ± 6.7^a,b

42 ± 9.8

39.6 ± 10

0.5

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

T-bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.36 ± 0.89^a,b

0.8 ± 0.34

0.83 ± 0.21

0.9

 < 0.001

0.009

AST (U/L)

68.7 ± 35.5^a

57.6 ± 37^a

30.2 ± 6.1

0.008

0.2

 < 0.001

ALT (U/L)

55 ± 29.9^a

61 ± 32.7^a

24.5 ± 7.4

 < 0.001

0.5

 < 0.001

Albumin (g/dl)

3.3 ± 0.6^a,b

4.3 ± 0.76

4.27 ± 0.6

0.9

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

PC (%)

74 ± 11^a,b

86 ± 10

87 ± 8.6

0.9

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Platelets × 10³/m³

132.8 ± 63.9^a,b

228 ± 69^a

279.6 ± 88

0.019

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

AFP (ng/ml)

109 ± 40^a,b

10 ± 4

5.13 ± 2.9

0.009

0.001

0.9

GPC3 (ng/ml)

6.3 ± 2.26^a,b

3.9 ± 0.8

3.76 ± 2.06

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.9

lncRNA AF085935

1.6 ± 0.8^a,b

0.95 ± 0.5

0.68 ± 0.2

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.29

Child–Pugh score of the HCC group

 A

Number of patients

%

25

35.7%

 B

12

17%

 C

33

47.3%

Imaging data of the HCC group

 No. of FL

Number of patients

%

1

41

58.5%

2

12

17%

Multiple

17

24.5%

 Site of FL

Right lobe

55

78.5%

Left lobe

5

7.0%

Both lobes

10

15.5%

 Vascular invasion

Yes

50

71.4%

No

20

28.6%

 Abdominal LNs

yes

45

64.0%

no

25

36.0%