Competing risk analysis on outcome after hepatic resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population of cirrhotic patients, belonging to Child - Pugh class A, submitted to curative hepatectomy of hepatocellular carcinoma n (%)

	n = 864
Age (yr)	67 (61- 72)
≥ 67 yr	432 (50.0)
Gender male	678 (78.5)
Anti-HCV positive	538 (62.3)
HBsAg positive	197 (22.8)
Alcohol/other	120 (13.9)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.90 (0.80-1.04)
Albumin (g/L)	4.0 (3.7-4.3)
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.85 (0.64-1.19)
INR	1.13 (1.07-1.22)
Platelet count (× 103/mL)	142 (102-186)
< 100.000/mL	202 (23.4)
MELD score	9 (8-10)
< 9	428 (49.5)
9-10	298 (34.5)
> 10	138 (16.0)
Oesophageal varices	216 (25.0)
Tumour size (cm)	3.5 (2.3-5.0)
Single nodule	676 (78.2)
UNOS Stage
T1	84 (9.7)
T2	527 (61.0)
T3	237 (27.4)
T4a	16 (1.9)
Extension of hepatectomy
Wedge/segmentectomy	625 (72.3)
Bisegmentectomy	146 (16.9)
Three or more segments	93 (10.8)

Continuous variables are reported as medians and interquartile ranges. Tumour features are radiological: 610 patients were within Milan criteria (70.6%). UNOS: United Network for Organ Sharing.