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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Baselines characteristics of study population

From: Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein measurement for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance: a retrospective comparative study

 

All patients

(n = 335)

No HCC

(n = 300)

HCC

(n = 35)

P value

Age (years) *

55.7 ± 18

54.4 ± 16

66.5 ± 8.5

 < 0.0001

Gender

   

0.06

Male

168

143

25

 

Female

167

157

10

 

Hepatitis

   

0.037

Negative

114

103

11

 

Hepatitis B

98

93

5

 

Hepatitis C

123

104

19

 

Cirrhosis

   

 < 0.0001

No

125

124

1

 

Yes

210

176

34

 
    

 < 0.0001

AFP **

2.6

(0.5–10442)

2.2

(0.5–7910)

32.7

(1.5–10,442)

 
  1. The bold is for P values that are statistically significant
  2. *Age is reported as mean + / − standard deviation
  3. **AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) is reported as median (minimum–maximum)
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