Table 1 Demographic and laboratory data of the studied patients (n= 440)

Demographic data

 Age, years

52.89 ± 8.95

60.37 ± 6.99

<0.001

 Gender, n (%)

  Male

209 (59.89%)

70 (76.92%)

  Female

140 (40.11%)

21 (23.08%)

0.003

Laboratory data

 White blood cell (10³/mm³)

5.95 ± 2.2

5.9 ± 2.8

0.88

 Hemoglobin (gr/dl)

13.3 ± 1.91

11.3 ± 2.03

<0.001

 Platelet (10³/mm³)

163.1 ± 69.5

134.7 ± 77.8

0.0001

 Serum albumin (g/dL)

3.8 ± 0.6

3.02 ± 0.6

<0.001

 Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.1 ± 1.2

1.98 ± 1.9

<0.001

 AST (U/L) (40U/L)

58.4 ± 43.99

75.02 ± 60.4

0.0034

 ALT (U/L) (40U/L)

59.8 ± 47.1

56.9 ± 56.5

0.6244

 INR

1.14 ± 0.2

1.43 ± 1.1

<0.001

 AFP (ng/dl)

7.7 (9.8)

95 (287)

<0.001

 Characteristics of HCC

 1. No. of focal lesion, n (%)

-

-

-

  Single

-

57 (62.6%)

-

  Multiple

-

34 (37.4%)

-

 2. Site of focal lesion, n (%)

-

-

  Right lobe

-

69 (75.8%)

-

  Left lobe

-

-

  Bi-lobar

-

22 (24.2%)

-

 3. Size of focal lesion, n (%)

-

-

  < 5cm

-

71 (78%)

-

  >5cm

-

20 (22%)

-

 4. Maximum diameter of focal lesion

-

3.7 ± 1.74 cm

-