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Table 2 Patients’ baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Value
Clinical information
Age (yr)	50.31 ± 10.87 (range: 26-77)
Male/female	157/46
Etiology of liver disease
Hepatitis B virus	194 (95.57%)
Hepatitis C virus	8 (3.94%)
Both hepatitis B and C virus	1 (0.49%)
Tumor size (cm)	Median 5.3 (range: 1.1-12.8)
AFP level (ng/mL)	102.3 ng/mL (range 1.2-15926.0)
Serum AST (≥ 35 IU/L)	107 (52.7%)
Serum ALT (≥ 40 IU/L)	82 (40.4%)

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransaminase.