Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2012; 18(21): 2689-2694
Published online Jun 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i21.2689
Table 1 Patient characteristics n (%)
FactorsP value
Age (yr), median (range)52 (28–75)0.3509
Sex< 0.001
Male133 (95.0)
Female7 (5.0)
Level of education< 0.0001
Primary school20 (14.0)
Secondary school56 (40.0)
Commercial or vocational school64 (46.0)
Tumor, node, metastasis stage
I49 (35.0)0.0023
II35 (25.0)
IIIA29 (20.7)
IIIB27(19.3)
IIIC0
IV0
Etiology
Hepatitis B135 (96.5)
Hepatitis C2 (1.4)
Alcoholic2 (1.4)
Cryptogenic1 (0.7)
Child-Pugh class
A84 (60.0)
B29 (20.7)
C27 (19.3)