Table 1

Demographic and clinical values, by sex

Demographic and clinical valuesOverall cohort (n=1886)Females (n=437)Males (n=1449)p Value
Ethnicity (n=1870)0.05
 Asian792 (42.4%)192 (44.3%)600 (41.8%)
 White726 (38.8%)150 (34.6%)576 (40.1%)
 Hispanic292 (15.6%)69 (15.9%)223 (15.5%)
 Black31 (1.7%)12 (2.8%)19 (1.3%)
 Other29 (1.6%)10 (2.3%)19 (1.3%)
Aetiology
 Age at HCC diagnosis (n=1886)60.8±11.164.0±11.659.9±10.7<0.0001
 BMI (n=744)26.5±5.726.1±6.326.6±5.60.30
 History of alcohol use (n=1838)1040 (56.6%)150 (35.1%)890 (63.2%)<0.001
 History of tobacco use (n=1854)954 (51.5%)132 (31.0%)822 (57.7%)<0.001
 HCV (n=1886)914 (48.5%)224 (51.3%)690 (47.6%)0.18
  Asian HCV (n=789)271 (34.4%)85 (44.5%)186 (31.1%)0.001
  Non-Asian HCV (n=1097)642 (58.6%)139 (56.5%)503 (59.3%)0.45
 HBV (n=1886)446 (23.7%)90 (20.6%)356 (24.6%)0.09
  Asian HBV (n=789)415 (52.6%)83 (43.5%)332 (55.5%)0.004
  Non-Asian HBV (n=1097)31 (2.8%)7 (2.9%)24 (2.8%)0.98
 Alcoholic liver disease (n=1781)114 (6.4%)14 (3.5%)100 (7.3%)0.006
Co-morbidities
 HTN (n=1666)821 (49.3%)200 (51.8%)621 (48.5%)0.26
 Hyperlipidaemia (n=1664)209 (12.6%)46 (11.9%)163 (12.8%)0.66
 DM (n=1670)520 (31.1%)118 (30.6%)402 (31.3%)0.78
 CAD (n=1665)114 (6.9%)24 (6.2%)90 (7.0%)0.58
 COPD (n=1666)57 (3.4%)16 (4.2%)41 (3.2%)0.37
Advanced liver disease
 Cirrhosis (n=1886)1572 (83.4%)366 (83.8%)1206 (83.2%)0.80
 Ascites (n=1869)674 (36.1%)167 (38.6%)507 (35.3%)0.20
 Encephalopathy (n=1864)354 (19.0%)89 (20.7%)265 (18.5%)0.32
 GI bleed (n=1325)332 (25.1%)68 (21.4%)264 (26.2%)0.08
 Decompensation (n=1886)862 (45.7%)194 (44.4%)668 (46.1%)0.53
  • Bolded p values indicate significant difference (p<0.05).

  • ALB, albumin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CR, creatinine; DM, diabetes mellitus; GI, gastrointestinal; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, chronic hepatitis C; HBV, chronic hepatitis B; HGB, haemoglobin; HTN, hypertension; INR, international normalised ratio; PLT, platelet; TB, tuberculosis.