Table 1  Baseline clinical characteristics of HCC patients

Age, years

59.4 ± 13.0

59.4 ± 13.59

0.017

0.986

Sex

0.097

0.755

 Male

167

67

 Female

76

33

Tumor Grade

4.302

0.352

 I

32

21

 II

117

44

 III

83

29

 IV

8

4

 Unknow

3

2

T stage

0.600

0.985

 I

121

48

 II

58

26

 III

53

21

 IV

9

4

 Unknow

2

1

N stage

1.214

0.546

 N0

172

68

 N1

3

0

 Unknow

68

32

M stage

3.121

0.176

 M0

180

65

 M1

2

1

 Unknow

61

34

TNM stage

8.088

0.076

 I

117

45

 II

56

21

 III

59

21

 IV

2

1

 Unknow

9

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