Health-related quality of life evaluated by tumor node metastasis staging system in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Patient characteristics n (%)

Factors		P value
Age (yr), median (range)	52 (28–75)	0.3509
Sex		< 0.001
Male	133 (95.0)
Female	7 (5.0)
Level of education		< 0.0001
Primary school	20 (14.0)
Secondary school	56 (40.0)
Commercial or vocational school	64 (46.0)
Tumor, node, metastasis stage
I	49 (35.0)	0.0023
II	35 (25.0)
IIIA	29 (20.7)
IIIB	27(19.3)
IIIC	0
IV	0
Etiology
Hepatitis B	135 (96.5)
Hepatitis C	2 (1.4)
Alcoholic	2 (1.4)
Cryptogenic	1 (0.7)
Child-Pugh class
A	84 (60.0)
B	29 (20.7)
C	27 (19.3)