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Table 2 Cancers and mortality in different groups

	HBV	HCV	NBNC	P value
Total cases	1064	507	391
Female	239 (22.5)	234 (46.2)	158 (40.4)	< 0.027
Follow years before enrollment	-2.65 ± 3.98	-2.78 ± 5.56	-3.30 ± 6.25	< 0.001 (3 & 1, 3 & 2)
Cancers, pre-enrollment
HCC	150 (14.1)	42 (8.3)	20 (5.1)	< 0.001
Non-HCC cancer	36 (3.4)	30 (5.9)	39 (10.0)	< 0.001
Colon cancer	9 (0.8)	3 (0.6)	6 (1.5)	NS
Breast cancer	1 (0.1)	9 (1.8)	17 (4.3)	< 0.0011
Hematology cancers	3 (0.3)	4 (0.8)	2 (0.5)	NS
Follow years before enrollment	-2.76 ± 4.55	-3.57 ± 5.18	-3.22 ± 4.40	NS
Cancers, post-enrollment
HCC	43 (4.0)	19 (3.7)	5 (1.3)	0.033
Non-HCC tumor	21 (2.2)	14 (2.8)	12 (3.1)	NS
Colon cancer	2 (0.1)	3 (0.6)	1 (0.3)	NS
Breast cancer	2 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.3)	NS
Hematology cancers	6 (0.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)	NS
Prostate cancer	2 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	1 (0.3)	NS
Follow years after enrollment	2.43 ± 1.86	2.51 ± 1.86	2.25 ± 2.00	NS
Mortality total	72 (6.8)	41 (8.1)	21 (5.4)	NS
HCC	35 (3.3)	13 (2.6)	4 (1.0)2	0.057
Non-HCC cancers	16 (1.5)	8 (1.6)	7 (1.8)2	NS
Liver disease	6 (0.6)	7 (1.4)	6 (1.5)	NS
Non-liver disease	15 (1.4)	13 (2.6)	4 (1.0)	NS
Follow years after enrollment	2.59 ± 1.96	2.69 ± 1.99	2.00 ± 1.87	NS

¹Female only.

²P = 0.027.

Remark: Different cancers on the same patient were counted separately. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; HBV: Hepatitis B; HCV: Hepatitis C; NBNC: Non-hepatitis B, non-hepatitis C; NS: Not significant.