Do peripartum and postmenopausal women with primary liver cancer have a worse prognosis? A nationwide cohort in Taiwan

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and comorbidities of patients with newly diagnosed peripartum primary liver cancer in Taiwan during 1996-2012

Characteristics	Total, N	Peripartum primary liver cancer		P value
		No, n = 160	Yes, n = 40
		n (%) / mean ± SD	n (%) / mean ± SD
Age				0.788
< 30	88	69 (43.1)	19 (47.5)
30-34	64	53 (33.1)	11 (27.5)
35-49	48	38 (23.8)	10 (25)
mean ± SD1		31.3 ± 5.1	30.9 ± 4.8	0.673
Baseline comorbidity
HBV	58	47 (29.4)	11 (27.5)	0.815
Unspecified chronic hepatitis	2	1 (0.6)	1 (2.5)	0.286
Alcoholic liver disease	6	5 (3.1)	1 (2.5)	0.836
Cirrhosis	9	6 (3.8)	3 (7.5)	0.306
Biliary stone	6	4 (2.5)	2 (5)	0.407
Cholecystitis	12	8 (5)	4 (10)	0.234
Cholangitis	10	7 (4.4)	3 (7.5)	0.417

¹t-test, Chi-square test.

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; SD: Standard deviation.