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Table 1 Summarization of demographic and clinico-pathological features of patients with HCC and those with hepatitis

From: Dichotomous associations of liver pathology with hepatocellular carcinoma morphology in Middle Africa: the situation in Cameroon

Clinico-biological features

HCC n = 80

Hepatitis n = 247

P values

Age (mean ± SD)

38.1 ± 15.2

35.6 ± 12.5

0.21 (ns)

Sex ratio M:F

1.9 (52/28)

2.04 (166/81)

ns

Risk factors (%)

 HBV

52.5%

5.8%

0.008

 HCV

36.5%

38.0%

ns

 Unknown risk

11.2%

56.2%

3.07E−5

Steatosis (%)

 Total

60.0

5.9

 

 HBV

23.5

1.2

 

 HCV

75.5

4.7

 

 Unknown risk

1.01

00

na

Morphology

 Microtrabecular

42.6

 

 Macrotrabecular

13.7

na

 Acinar-pseudoglandular

32.5

 

 Scirrhous

11.2

 

Fibrosis

n = 73

n = 210

 

 F0

5.4

9.5

 

 F1

9.5

52.8

 

 F2

38.3

28.5

0.0321

 F3

24.6

5.7

8.8 E−14

 F4

20.5

3.3

3.9 E−6

Necro-inflammation

n = 74

n = 237

 

 A0

2.7

3.3

 

 A1

33.8

37.1

ns

 A2

41.9

45.9

ns

 A3

20.2

13.5

0.0334

Cellular variant

 Clear cells

12.5

24.9

0.0279

 Ballooning degeneration

3.7

25.9

4.3 E−6

  1. HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, F0 no fibrosis, F1 portal fibrosis without septa, F2 portal fibrosis and few septa, F3 numerous septa without cirrhosis, F4 cirrhosis, A0 none, A1 mild, A2 moderate, et A3 severe, M male, F female, ns not significant, na not available