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World J Clin Oncol. Nov 24, 2022; 13(11): 918-928
Published online Nov 24, 2022. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v13.i11.918
Published online Nov 24, 2022. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v13.i11.918
Table 2 Patient demographics
| Variable | Total | MVI | P value | |
| MVI group = 15 | Non-MVI group = 35 | |||
| Age (yr), mean (SD) | 67.0 (7.0) | 68.3 (8.8) | 66.4 (6.1) | 0.491 |
| Gender | 0.348 | |||
| Male, n (%) | 43 (86) | 12 (80) | 31 (89) | |
| Female, n (%) | 7 (14) | 3 (20) | 4 (11) | |
| Aetiology | 0.377 | |||
| Alcohol, n (%) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | 3 (8) | |
| Hepatitis B, n (%) | 28 (56) | 7 (46) | 21 (60) | |
| Hepatitis C, n (%) | 3 (6) | 1 (7) | 2 (6) | |
| Hepatitis B and C, n (%) | 1 (2) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | |
| NAon-alcoholic steatohepatitis, n (%) | 1 (2) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | |
| Cryptogenic cirrhosis, n (%) | 5 (10) | 2 (13) | 3 (8) | |
| De novo, n (%) | 9 (18) | 3 (20) | 6 (17) | |
| HbSAg | 0.676 | |||
| Positive, n (%) | 27 (54) | 7 (46) | 20 (57) | |
| Negative, n (%) | 22 (44) | 8 (54) | 14 (40) | |
| Unknown, n (%) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | |
| Pre-operative serology | ||||
| Alpha-fetoprotein (UG/L), mean (SD) | 248.0 (893.2) | 777.7 (1571.4) | 32.9 (105.6) | 0.065 |
| Albumin (g/L), mean (SD) | 36.3 (5.8) | 35.4 (5.6) | 36.7 (5.9) | 0.374 |
| Bilirubin (µmol/L), mean (SD) | 19.5 (12.1) | 18.6 (7.1) | 19.9 (13.8) | 0.797 |
- Citation: Sim JZT, Hui TCH, Chuah TK, Low HM, Tan CH, Shelat VG. Efficacy of texture analysis of pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging in predicting microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Clin Oncol 2022; 13(11): 918-928
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5306/wjco.v13.i11.918