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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2012; 18(16): 1926-1932
Published online Apr 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1926
Published online Apr 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1926
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients
| Elderly patients (n = 74 ) | Non-elderly patients (n = 212 ) | Pvalue | |
| Age (yr) (range) | 80.5 (75.4-100.0) | 65.8 (46.0-74.8) | - |
| Male/female (%) | 32/42 (43.2/56.8) | 146/66 (68.9/31.1) | P < 0.001 |
| Extrahepaticcomorbidity (%) | 25 (33.8) | 47 (22.2) | P < 0.05 |
| Malignant tumors except HCC | 6 | 12 | |
| Cardiovascular | 10 | 15 | |
| Renal | 3 | 7 | |
| Pulmonary | 3 | 4 | |
| Neurological | 3 | 9 | |
| Cause of liver dysfunction | |||
| HBV (%) | 0 | 20 (9.4) | P < 0.01 |
| HCV (%) | 54 (73.0) | 155 (73.2) | NS |
| HBV HCV (%) | 0 | 3 (1.4) | NS |
| Non-B Non-C (%) | 20 (27.0) | 34 (16.0) | P < 0.05 |
| Liver damage A/B/C | 39/31/4 | 97/86/29 | NS |
| Stage I/II/III/IV | 13/24/23/14 | 45/71/51/45 | NS |
| mJIS score 0/1/2/3/4/5 | 9/16/22/18/8/1 | 24/53/59/36/27/13 | NS |
| Death except hepatic disease/total death | 10/35 | 18/113 | NS |
- Citation: Fujii H, Itoh Y, Ohnishi N, Sakamoto M, Ohkawara T, Sawa Y, Nishida K, Ohkawara Y, Yamaguchi K, Minami M, Okanoue T. Factors associated with the overall survival of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(16): 1926-1932
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i16/1926.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1926