Health-related quality of life evaluated by tumor node metastasis staging system in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 3 Functional assessment of cancer therapy-hepatobiliary subscale results by tumor node metastasis stage of hepatocellular carcinoma and by Child-Pugh class (mean ± SD)

	n	PWB	SFWB	EWB	FWB	HepCS
TNM stage
I	49	21 ± 2.15df	15.81 ± 3.68	15.11 ± 2.79df	19.96 ± 3.20df	48.52 ± 8.36df
II	35	19.07 ± 3.41bf	14.69 ± 2.82	13.38 ± 3.01b	19.24 ± 2.21b	45.45 ± 10.01b
IIIA	29	16.29 ± 2.24bd	14.66 ± 3.3	13.06 ± 3.08b	18.37 ± 3.98b	41.29 ± 7.05b
IIIB	27	12.41 ± 2.88bdf	13.61 ± 3.32a	10.84 ± 3.15bdf	14.69 ± 3.39bd	35.35 ± 7.44bd
Child-Pugh class
A	73	19.56 ± 2.79	15.29 ± 3.34	14.12 ± 2.89	19.58 ± 3.26j	46.12 ± 8.79j
B	40	16.65 ± 2.79h	14.25 ± 3.08	11.8 ± 3.05	16.48 ± 2.98h	38.88 ± 6.61h
C	27	10.52 ± 2.41h	12.85 ± 3.21h	10.41 ± 3.49hj	13.78 ± 3.48hj	32.7 ± 7.38hj

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs Stage I;

^dP < 0.01 vs Stage II;

^fP < 0.01 vs Stage IIIA;

^hP < 0.01 vs Child A;

^jP < 0.01 vs Child B. PWB: Physical well-being; SFWB: Social and family well-being; EWB: Emotional well-being; FWB: Functional well-being; HepCS: Hepatobiliary cancer subscale.