Table 2 Baseline characteristics
Age (years) | Mean ± standard deviation | 61.7 ± 7.5 |
|  | Median (minimum–maximum) | 62 (48–80) |
Gender | Male | 119 (79.9%) |
| Â | Female | 30 (20.1%) |
Etiology | Hepatitis C | 144 (96.6%) |
| Â | Hepatitis B | 5 (3.4%) |
Child–Pugh score | A | 134 (89.9%) |
| Â | B | 15 (10.1%) |
Size of lesions (mm) | Mean ± standard deviation | 33 ± 18.6 |
|  | Median (Minimum–Maximum) | 29 (10–95) |
Location of the nodules | Anterior segment | 53 (35.65) |
| Â | Posterior segment | 52 (34.9%) |
| Â | Medial segment | 19 (12.7%) |
| Â | Lateral segment | 21 (14.1%) |
| Â | Caudate | 4 (2.7%) |