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Table 1 Characteristics of 27 studies included

From: Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in antiviral treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients treated with entecavir or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate: a network meta-analysis

Study (Year) (Ref.)

Country

No. of Male (%)

Age, Yearsa

No. of HBeAg positivity (%)

No. of cirrhosis (%)

Treatments

Median Treatment Duration

Person-years

HCC Cases

Sample size

Study Scored

Choi, J. 2019( [21])

Nationalwide cohort

South Korea

6802 (62)

49.1 ± 9.8

NA

2891 (26)

ETV

4.25

52,991

567

10,923

7

6834 (63)

49.0 ± 9.8

NA

2919 (27)

TDF

3.00

53,030

350

10,923

Coffin, C. S. 2014 ( [22])b

Canada

209 (65)

46 (38–55)

103 (32)

63 (20)

ETV

3.20

407

1

127

6

TDF

3.20

423

3

132

Other NAs

3.20

203

7

63

Güzelbulut, F. 2021 ( [23])

Turkey

186(72)

46.01 ± 14.06

53(21)

95(37)

ETV

4.68

1203

17

257

6

234(60)

43.81 ± 13.40

102(26)

85(22)

TDF

3.54

1379

9

390

Ha, I. 2020 ( [24])

South Korea

181 (61)

48 ± 16

161 (54)

39 (13)

ETV

3.00

894

11

298

8

179 (60)

48 ± 14

174 (58)

39 (13)

TDF

3.00

894

22

298

Hosaka, T. 2013 ( [25])

Japan

210 (66)

46 ± 12.1

135 (43)

79 (25)

ETV

3.30

1064

6

316

8

210 (66)

46 ± 13.5

133 (42)

85 (27)

Control

7.60

2978

72

316

136 (75)

45 ± 10.7

71 (39)

85 (47)

Other NAs

6.80

1267

19

182

Hsu, Y. C. 2018 ( [26])b

China

282 (73)

46 (36-55)

158 (41)

195 (51)

ETV

6.06

1357

20

224

6

TDF

6.06

127

0

21

Other NAs

6.06

842

16

139

Hsu, Y. C. 2020 ( [27])

China, Japan, South Korea, USA,

354(68)

44.12 ± 0.54

187(36)

107(21)

ETV

5.00

2600

19

520

8

338(65)

44.88 ± 0.55

177(34)

105(20)

TDF

3.24

1685

11

520

Kim, D. S. 2018 ( [28])b

South Korea

210 (63)

51.0 (42.8-57.0)

172 (51)

164 (49)

ETV

3.92

165

3

42

6

TDF

3.06

894

22

292

Kim, E. J. 2017 ( [29])

South Korea

366 (63)

51 ± 9

303 (52)

578 (100)

ETV

3.58

2069

81

578

5

Kim, G. A. 2017 ( [30])

South Korea

1288 (64)

47 ± 11

1168 (58)

815 (41)

ETV

4.82

9640

228

2000

5

Kim, J. H. 2017 ( [31])

South Korea

564 (64)

47.7 ± 10.7

483 (55)

443 (51)

ETV

4.50

3938

85

875

5

Kim, S. U. 2019 ( [32])

South Korea

793 (62)

48.6 ± 11.4

640 (50)

394 (31)

ETV

5.62

6187

93

1278

8

794 (62)

48.2 ± 12.0

640 (50)

400 (31)

TDF

4.72

5457

91

1278

Lee, J. 2016 ( [33])

South Korea

67 (66)

46.4 ± 11.2

71 (70)

36 (35)

ETV

3.17

323

7

102

5

Lee, S. W. 2019 ( [12])

South Korea

806 (59)

46.96 ± 11.75

814 (59)

465 (34)

ETV

5.00

6850

64

1370

8

798 (58)

46.92 ± 11.13

807 (59)

464 (34)

TDF

3.03

4151

47

1370

Li, L. 2012 ( [34])

China

29 (76)

54.7 ± 11.8

23 (61)

38 (100)

ETV

2.00

76

0

38

6

24 (62)

52.2 ± 10.8

NA

39 (100)

Control

2.00

78

4

39

80 (69)

50.1

74 (64)

116 (100)

Other NAs

2.00

232

14

116

Li, Y. 2013 ( [35])

China

14 (56)

36.32 ± 10.50

25 (100)

NA

ETV

5.00

125

3

25

6

12 (52)

32.10 ± 0.21

23 (100)

NA

Other NAs

5.00

115

3

23

Lim, Y. S. 2014 ( [36])

South Korea

1193 (67)

46.1 ± 10.1

1133 (63)

933 (52)

ETV

3.17

5687

137

1792

9

1179 (66)

46.1 ± 10.9

1107 (62)

934 (52)

Other NAs

5.30

9503

234

1792

Lin, T. C. 2018 ( [37])

China

NA

NA

NA

NA

ETV

5.24

938

13

179

5

Oh, H. 2020 ( [38])

South Korea

319(62)

49.2 ± 12.6

314(61)

238(46)

ETV

4.70

2425

29

516

8

325(63)

49.0 ± 9.4

311(60)

224(43)

TDF

4.80

2477

37

516

Ouyang, Y. 2011 ( [39])

China

22 (88)

50.1 ± 11.6

25 (100)

25 (100)

ETV

0.92

23

2

25

7

78 (74)

46

105 (100)

105 (100)

Other NAs

0.92

97

9

105

Sou, F. M. 2020 ( [40])

China

1018(73)

50 ± 17

491(35)

507(36)

ETV

7.29

10,190

133

1397

5

Shin, J. W. 2020 ( [41])

South Korea

365(62)

50 ± 11

365(62)

276(47)

ETV

4.86

2860

40

589

8

358(61)

50 ± 11

354(60)

282(48)

TDF

3.58

2110

23

589

Sohn, W. 2017 ( [42])

Testing cohort

South Korea

641 (65)

47.4 ± 10.5

556 (56)

389 (39)

ETV

2.10

2079

58

990

5

Sohn, W. 2017 ( [42])

Validation cohort

South Korea

669 (62)

46.6 ± 11.5

658 (61)

376 (35)

ETV

3.50

3749

85

1071

5

Su, T. H. 2016 ( [43])

China

345 (77)

50 (44-58)

150 (33)

450 (100)

ETV

4.00

1782

31

450

7

345 (77)

51 (43-59)

131 (29)

450 (100)

Control

6.00

3021

115

450

Wu, I. T. 2017 ( [44])

China

230 (73)

47 ± 12.3

172 (55)

94 (30)

ETV

4.08

1277

21

313

7

74 (70)

47.1 ± 12.1

50 (47)

29 (27)

TDF

3.16

335

8

106

Yip, T. C. 2020 ( [45])

China

2267 (49)

42.9 ± 12.7

2480 (53)

167 (4)

ETV

2.90

13,444

70

4636

8

587 (49)

44.4 ± 13.1

625 (52)

37 (3)

TDF

2.80

3360

7

1200

Yu, J. H. 2018 ( [46])

South Korea

272 (67)

53 (18–84)

212 (52)

148 (36)

ETV

5.83

2367

31

406

6

104 (59)

49 (20–84)

104 (59)

77 (44)

TDF

2.80

493

7

176

  1. NA data not provided or unavailable, No. numbers, HCC hepatocellular carcinomam Control no treatment or expectant treatment, ETV Entecavir treatment, TDF Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate treatment; Other NAs, treatment with NAs except ETV and TDF (including Lamivudine, Telbivudine and Adefovir)
  2. aData are expressed as mean ± SD; otherwise, parenthesis indicates interquartile ranges
  3. bStudies only provided baseline information of the entire population