Histopathological characteristics of needle core biopsy and surgical specimens from patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of the patients included in the study

Variable		Value
Age (yr)	Median	55
	Range	26-84
	means ± SD	54.4 ± 11.1
Sex, n (%)
	Male	177 (85.1)
	Female	31 (14.9)
Cirrhosis, n (%)
	Yes	173 (83.2)
	No	35 (16.8)
Aetiology, n (%)
	HBV infection	192 (92.3)
	HCV infection	12 (5.8)
	alcohol abuse	2 (1.0)
	Primary biliary cirrhosis	1 (0.5)
	Schistosoma infection	1 (0.5)
Tumour diameter (cm)
	Median	4.0
	Range	1.8-15
	means ± SD	4.6 ± 2.5

SD: Standard deviation; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.