Hepatitis B and alcohol affect survival of hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Table 1 Demographics, risk factors for HCC by ethnicity.

Characteristic	Asians	Non-Asians	Pacific Isl	P
Patients	193	42	27
Mean age (yr)	61.4	61.3	53.4	0.0035
Males:females	2.06:1	7.4:1	2.86:1	0.025
Hepatitis B, %	46	4.8	50	<0.0001
Hepatitis C, %	26.6	53.7	37	0.0024
Alcohol abuse, %	31.6	52.4	42.3	0.031
Diabetes, %	29.1	39	11.1	0.044
Smoking, %	47.8	48.6	59.1	NS
IV drug use, %	4.8	35	20	<0.0001
Tattoos, %	1.1	12.5	4.2	0.001
Vertical transmit, %	24.8	2.6	11.1	0.0049
Transfusions, %	6.9	0	0	NS