Elevated preoperative peripheral blood monocyte count predicts poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection

Table 1 Comparison of clinicopathological features of patients with different monocyte counts

Category	Subcategory	Cases	Monocytes(/mm³)		P value
			<545	≥545
Gender	Male	310	115	195	0.102
	Female	41	20	21
Age	<50 years	268	102	166	0.418
	≥50 years	83	33	50
HBsAg	Negative	49	14	35	0.083
	Positive	302	121	181
AFP (ng/ ml)	<200	161	61	100	0.463
	≥200	190	74	116
Edmonson grading	I-II	271	107	164	0.278
Edmonson grading	III-IV	80	28	52
Tumor size	<5 cm	70	35	35	0.019
Tumor size	≥5 cm	281	100	181
Surgical margin	<1 cm	122	44	78	0.289
Surgical margin	≥1 cm	229	91	138
Liver cirrhosis	Absent	82	29	53	0.3
Liver cirrhosis	Present	269	106	163
PVTT	Absent	278	108	170	0.44
	Present	73	27	46
Capsulation	Capsulated	224	92	132	0.111
Capsulation	Non-caspulated	127	43	84
Tumor number	Single	276	107	169	0.465
Tumor number	Multiple	75	28	47
Macrovascular invasion	Absent	261	102	159	0.391
	Present	90	33	57

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