Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Table 2 Comparison between cirrhotics and non-cirrhotics in terms of demographics, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease grade and hepatocellular carcinoma characteristics

	Cirrhotics (n = 46)	Non-cirrhotics (n = 8)	P value
Median age (yr)	65	69	0.227
Median BMI (kg/m2)	30	30	0.939
Median HCC diameter (cm)	3.2	4.7	0.041
Median number of HCCs	1	2	0.147
Number of risk factors (n)			0.969
0	3	0
1	12	3
2	16	2
3	11	2
4	4	1
NAFLD grade (n)			0.188
0	8	0
1	9	2
2	5	4
3	3	0
Level of HCC differentation (n)			0.317
Well	10	4
Moderate	7	1
Poor	0	0
Necrotic	1	0

NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; BMI: Body mass index.