Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Diabetes. Feb 15, 2021; 12(2): 158-169
Published online Feb 15, 2021. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v12.i2.158
Table 1 Clinical features of diabetic patients with primary liver cancer
Patient characteristics
IOM group (%)
NIOM group (%)
Total numbers of patients (%)
P value
Age (yr)153.62 ± 8.6158.66 ± 9.660.062
< 6511 (84.6)520 (73.3)531 (73.5)
≥ 652 (15.4)189 (26.7)191 (26.5)
Gender20.777
Men12 (92.3)607 (85.6)619 (85.7)
Women1 (7.7)102 (14.4)103 (14.3)
Treatment20.015
Surgical resection2 (15.4)45 (6.3)47 (6.5)
Chemotherapy5 (38.5)102 (14.4)107 (14.8)
Other treatments6 (46.2)562 (79.3)568 (78.7)
Histopathological type20.317
HCC0122 (17.2)122 (16.9)
ICC028 (3.9)28 (3.9)
cHCC-ICC02 (0.3)2 (0.3)
Unclear13 (100)557 (78.6)570 (78.9)
HbA1c6.04 ± 0.546.23 ± 0.67-0.892
Table 2 Differences in the concentration of various tumor biomarkers between patients with and without intraocular metastasis
Clinical features
IOM group
NIOM group
t
P value
AFP1030.37 ± 342.38526.37 ± 587.16-5.17< 0.001
CEA6.54 ± 14.75389.37 ± 10012.620.1380.89
CA125419.78 ± 356.43148.03 ± 305.88-3.1650.002
CA199200.35 ± 329.82314.22 ± 4482.590.0920.927
CA15319.81 ± 15.0620.32 ± 23.280.0780.938
CA7246.68 ± 8.446.91 ± 12.320.0660.947
FER198.23 ± 52.50259.43 ± 224.570.9810.327
ALP192.54 ± 94.07174.15 ± 171.39-0.3860.7
TC4.75 ± 1.205.14 ± 8.620.1610.872
TG1.44 ± 0.811.37 ± 1.03-0.2570.797
HDL1.30 ± 0.641.50 ± 1.170.6020.548
LDL2.52 ± 1.162.58 ± 1.430.1440.885
ApoA11.65 ± 0.451.57 ± 0.87-0.3310.741
ApoB0.77 ± 0.321.10 ± 0.821.4260.154
Lp(a)181.92 ± 219.72221.66 ± 240.540.5910.555
Ca14.56 ± 44.902.14 ± 0.27-0.9970.338
Hb114.69 ± 43.54117.19 ± 22.310.2070.84
Table 3 The binary logistic regression results
FactorsBOROR (95%CI)P value
AFP0.0011.0011.000-1.0010.01
CA1250.0011.0011.000-1.0020.036
Table 4 The receiver operating characteristic results of risk factors for predicting intraocular metastasis in diabetic liver cancer patients

Cut-off value
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity (%)
AUC
95%CI
P value
AFP994.200.9230.5990.7270.627-0.8270.005
CA125120.230.8460.7010.7960.678-0.915< 0.001
AFP + CA1250.7690.8930.8600.745-0.975< 0.001
Table 5 Studies on the intraocular metastasis from different cancers
Ref.
Diseases with IOM
Tei et al[14], 2014Rectal cancer
Shah et al[15], 2014Lung cancer
Levison et al[16], 2018Breast cancer
Chang et al[17], 2018Esophageal carcinoma
Fountas et al[18], 2017Thyroid cancer
Wu et al[19], 2019Gastric carcinoma
Essadi et al[20], 2017Renal cancer
Hazan et al[21], 2014Choriocarcinoma
Table 6 The risk factors for metastases from primary liver cancer
Ref.
Histopathological type
Metastatic sites
Risk factor
Lin et al[22], 2003HCCLungTumor size
Ogawa et al[23], 2004HCCDistant metastasisCD44v3
Xiang et al[24], 2009HCCBoneCXCR4
Lin et al[25], 2010HCCVesselAurora B
Kwak et al[26], 2012HCCPeritoneumHCC rupture
Morimoto et al[27], 2014HCCEHMPlatelet, DCP
Chen et al[28], 2015Small HCCIHM and EHMVEGF
Lee et al[29], 2019HCCEHMAFP