Evaluation of intrahepatic manifestation and distant extrahepatic disease in alveolar echinococcosis

Table 2 Patient characteristics

	XUUB overall (n = 200)	Xining (n = 50)	Urumqi (n = 50)	Ulm (n = 50)	Besançon (n = 50)
Sex, n (%)
Male	90 (45.0)	22 (44.0)	23 (46.0)	21 (42.0)	24 (48.0)
Female	110 (55.0)	28 (56.0)	27 (54.0)	29 (58.0)	26 (52.0)
Age, yr, n (%)
< 18	8 (4.0)	6 (12.0)	2 (4.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
18–40	59 (29.5)	20 (40.0)	26 (52.0)	8 (16.0)	5 (10.0)
41–60	66 (33.0)	24 (48.0)	18 (36.0)	12 (24.0)	12 (24.0)
61–80	50 (25.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (8.0)	26 (52.0)	20 (40.0)
> 81	17 (8.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (8.0)	13 (26.0)
Lesion size (mm)	95.6 ± 51.8	108.0 ± 53.0	132.7 ± 46.0	71.4 ± 46.39	70.4 ± 32.3
	(11–261)	(21–261)	(36–253)	(11–202)	(13–173)
Number of lesions	3.2 ± 4.5	3.3 ± 5.3	1.8 ± 1.2	5.0 ± 6.5	2.7 ± 2.4
	(1–29)	(1–27)	(1–6)	(1–29)	(1–12)
Age (yr)	50.1 ± 20.5	35.5 ± 12.6	38.0 ± 13.9	61.3 ± 16.8	65.7 ± 18.3
	(11–91)	(11–55)	(16–77)	(18–85)	(18–91)