Importance of surgical margin in the outcomes of hepatocholangiocarcinoma

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and baseline biochemistry of the study population

	No. of patients = 42
Male:female	29:13
Age (yr)	52.5 (26-72)
Hepatitis B virus carrier	31 (73.8%)
Hepatitis C virus carrier	0
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.4 (8.6-16.7)
White cell count (10 × 6/L)	5.8 (3.5-10.1)
Platelet count (10 × 9/L)	185 (89-499)
Creatinine (mmol/L)	84 (61-131)
Total bilirubin (mmol/L)	10 (2-61)
Albumin (g/L)	40 (29-49)
Aspartate transaminase (umol/L)	44 (14-270)
Alkaline phosphatase (umol/L)	92 (26-516)
Prothrombin time (s)	13.5 (10.9-13.5)
Alpha-fetoprotein (u/L)	75.5 (2-219020)
Carcinoembryonic antigen (u/L)	2.3 (0.4-5.9)

Data are presented as median (range) unless otherwise stated.