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Table 1 Clinical background

From: The expression level of miR-18b in hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with the grade of malignancy and prognosis

histological differentiation

number (gender)

age (average)

viral infection

background of HCC

well

20 (M:15, F:5)

66.5+/−6.3

HBV:2, HCV:18

CH:7, LC:12, NI:1

moderately

60 (M:51, F:9)

66.5+/−8.7

HBV:7, HCV:49, NBNC:3, NI:1

CH:25, LC:30, NI:5

poorly

30 (M:27, F:3)

67.7+/−5.4

HBV:0, HCV:20

CH:14, LC:16

  1. Abbreviation: NBNC, neither HBV nor HCV infection, NI, no information, CH, chronic hepatitis, LC, liver cirrhosis.