Table 3 Baseline characteristics of HCC patients with regular surveillance
From: Impact of follow-up interval on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative ablation
Characteristics | Low risk group | High risk group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short interval | Long interval | P | Short interval | Long interval | P | |
Patients | 199 (75.7) | 64 (24.3) | Â | 145 (79.7) | 37 (20.3) | Â |
Pre-TACE | 22 (11.1) | 11 (17.2) | 0.284 | 71 (49.0) | 12 (32.4) | 0.106 |
Age (yrs.) | 55.0 (17.5) | 54.0 (19.5) | 0.962 | 56.0 (14) | 61.0 (21) | 0.058 |
Male | 177 (88.9) | 61 (95.3) | 0.206 | 135 (93.1) | 35 (94.6) | 1.000 |
Tumor number | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 0.971 |
 Singular | 199 (100.0) | 64 (100.0) |  | 69 (47.6) | 18 (48.6) |  |
 Multiple | – | – |  | 76 (52.4) | 19 (51.4) |  |
Tumor size | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.631 |
 ≤ 3 cm | 199 (100.0) | 64 (100.0) |  | 34 (37.2) | 16 (43.2) |  |
 > 3 cm | – | – |  | 91 (62.8) | 21 (56.8) |  |
Risk area | 50 (25.1) | 14 (21.9) | 0.719 | 39 (26.9) | 9 (24.3) | 0.914 |
AFP ≥200 ng/ml | 67 (33.7) | 10 (15.6) | 0.009 | 86 (59.3) | 20 (54.1) | 0.695 |
Hb (109/L) | 143.0 (2.80) | 145.5 (19.2) | 0.331 | 142.0 (21.2) | 142.0 (22.1) | 0.367 |
PLT (109/L) | 131.0 (96.0) | 129.5 (95.9) | 0.896 | 105.1 (85.0) | 132.0 (98.0) | 0.452 |
RBC (109/L) | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.8 (0.8) | 0.013 | 4.6 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.9) | 0.556 |
WBC (109/L) | 5.3 (2.5) | 5.4 (2.5) | 0.579 | 5.2 (2.5) | 5.80 (0.9) | 0.357 |
ALB (g/L) | 41.9 (7.9) | 42.5 (5.6) | 0.671 | 41.2 (5.8) | 40.3 (6.7) | 0.804 |
ALT (U/L) | 34.1 (23.4) | 37.2 (29.5) | 0.229 | 37.1 (29.1) | 36.0 (25.3) | 0.773 |
AST (U/L) | 32.3 (20.0) | 33.5 (20.0) | 0.802 | 35.7 (22.3) | 35.5 (28.6) | 0.868 |
TBIL (μmol/L) | 14.4 (9.0) | 15.2 (6.8) | 0.678 | 16.0 (11.8) | 14.3 (5.2) | 0.137 |
Child-Pugh grade | Â | Â | 0.732 | Â | Â | 0.348 |
 A | 191 (96.0) | 44 (95.3) |  | 138 (95.2) | 44 (100.0) |  |
 B | 8 (4.0) | 3 (4.7) |  | 7 (4.80) | 0 (0.00) |  |
PT (seconds) | 12.3 (1.7) | 12.1 (1.6) | 0.135 | 12.3 (1.8) | 12.4 (1.8) | 0.837 |
Viral hepatitis | 184 (92.5) | 59 (92.2) | 1.000 | 137 (94.5) | 34 (91.9) | 0.838 |
Cirrhosis | 159 (79.9) | 51 (79.7) | 1.000 | 125 (86.2) | 26 (70.3) | 0.040 |