Table 1 Characteristics of study patients at the time of diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by hepatitis B presentation group
Type of presentation | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Late presentation N (%) | Irregular visits N (%) | Regular visits N (%) | ||
Number of patients | 413 | 527 | 336 | |
Sex | 0.15 | |||
Male | 343 (83.1) | 415 (78.7) | 262 (78.0) | |
Female | 70 (17.0) | 112 (21.3) | 74 (22.0) | |
Age (years) | 0.15 | |||
≥ 40 – < 50 | 105 (25.4) | 106 (20.1) | 64 (19.0) | |
≥ 50 – < 60 | 165 (40.9) | 230 (43.6) | 163 (48.5) | |
≥ 60 | 143 (34.6) | 191 (36.2) | 109 (32.4) | |
Income percentile | < 0.001 | |||
≤ 30th | 107 (25.9) | 155 (29.4) | 62 (18.5) | |
> 30th – ≤ 70th | 155 (37.5) | 196 (37.2) | 113 (33.6) | |
> 70th | 151 (36.6) | 176 (33.4) | 161 (47.9) | |
Initial treatment | < 0.001 | |||
Liver transplantation | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | |
Resection | 40 (6.7) | 59 (11.2) | 60 (17.9) | |
RFA | 3 (0.7) | 23 (4.4) | 28 (8.3) | |
TACE | 193 (46.7) | 219 (41.6) | 140 (41.7) | |
Other | 95 (23.1) | 116 (22.0) | 50 (14.9) | |
No treatment | 82 (19.9) | 109 (20.7) | 57 (17.0) | |
Residential area | 0.12 | |||
Metropolitan | 248 (60.1) | 328 (62.2) | 226 (67.3) | |
Rural | 165 (39.9) | 199 (37.8) | 110 (32.7) | |