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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2011; 17(32): 3709-3715
Published online Aug 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i32.3709
Table 4 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients who underwent curative surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma
Non-HT groupHT group(n = 83)P-value(Non-HT vs HT)Non-HT group
(n = 193)Non-transfusion group(n = 78)AT group(n = 115)P-value(Non-transfusion vs AT)
Clinical factors
Gender (male/female)156/3770/130.48863/1593/220.986
Age (yr)162 ± 861 ± 90.11562 ± 861 ± 90.878
HBs-Ag (±)163/3067/160.445Nov-6796/190.649
Anti-HCV Ab (±/unknown)62/127/431/51/10.42621/54/341/73/10.254
Child-Pugh classification (A/B)161/3265/180.26266/1295/200.833
Preoperative Hb (g/dL)113.5 ± 1.513.4 ± 1.60.42512.8 ± 1.814.1 ± 1.1< 0.0001
Tumor-related factors
Number of tumors (single/multiple)147/4664/190.86662/1685/300.372
Maximum tumor size (cm)13.5 ± 2.44.8 ± 3.70.0003.3 ± 2.23.6 ± 2.40.287
Vascular invasion (±)172/2170/130.26873/599/160.101
Histological grade (I, II/III, IV/unknown)89/83/2133/41/90.30436/34/853/49/130.412