Hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt: A single center study over a decade

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of CLD patients attending CLC during the period 1993-2002

	Total registered (n = 22 450)		HCC negative (n = 21 122)		HCC positive (n = 1 328)
Age (P = 0.000)
<40	5 670	25.3	5 591	26.5	79	5.9
40-59	13 717	61.1	12 858	60.9	859	64.7
60+	3 063	13.6	2 673	12.7	390	29.4
Sex (P = 0.000)
Men	17 442	77.7	16 308	77.2	1 134	85.4
Women	5 008	22.3	4 814	22.8	194	14.6
Residence (P = 0.000)
Rural	16 882	75.2	15 805	74.8	1 078	81.2
Urban	5 568	24.8	5 317	25.2	250	18.8
Blood transfusion (P = 0.004)
No	19 548	87.1	18 426	87.2	1 122	84.5
Yes	2 902	12.9	2 696	12.8	206	15.5
Schistosomiasis (P = 0.000)
No	10 126	45.1	9 617	45.5	509	38.3
Yes	12 324	54.9	11 505	54.5	819	61.7
HCV-Ab (P = 0.000)
Negative	6 209	27.7	6 035	28.6	174	13.1
Positive	16 241	72.3	15 087	71.4	1 154	86.9
HBsAg (P = 0.000)
Negative	17 864	79.6	16 913	80.1	951	71.6
Positive	4 586	20.4	4 209	19.9	377	28.4