Hepatitis B and alcohol affect survival of hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Table 4 Median/mean survival.

Characteristic	Mean (yr)	Median (yr)	P
Race
Asians (n = 193)	2.26±0.15	1.52	NS
Non-Asians (n = 42)	3.38±0.43	3.53
Pacific Islanders (n = 27)	2.83±0.56	1.86
Asians+Pacific Islanders (n = 220)	2.52±0.18	1.56	= 0.045
Non-Asians (n = 42)	3.38±0.43	3.54
Birthplace
US born (n = 126)	2.66±0.24	2.07	NS
Foreign born (n = 99)	2.64±0.22	2.39
Asian-US born (n = 85)	2.25±0.22	1.60	NS
Asian-foreign born (n = 84)	2.52±0.23	2.29
ETOH
No (n = 166)	2.90±0.20	2.40	= 0.005
Yes (n = 94)	2.10±0.25	1.34
Hepatitis B
No (n = 141)	2.98±0.23	2.40	= 0.023
Yes (n = 115)	2.04±0.19	1.41
AFP
< 20 ng/dL (n = 79)	3.31±0.29	3.69	= 0.0013
≥20 ng/dL (n = 172)	2.23±0.19	1.34
CLIP score
<2 (n = 130)	3.26±0.21	3.69	<0.0001
≥2 (n = 129)	1.89±0.23	0.81
Child’s class
A (n = 154)	2.97±0.21	2.73	= 0.0055
B (n = 81)	2.07±0.26	1.29
C (n = 20)	0.76±0.15	0.76