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Table 1 Patient characteristics in the low ADC group and in the high ADC group

From: Impact of apparent diffusion coefficient on prognosis of early hepatocellular carcinoma: a case control study

Variable

ADC low (n = 34)

ADC high (n = 82)

P-value

Age (years)

38–84 (70)

38–90 (69)

0.96

Sex (M/F)

25/9

60/22

0.97

Albumin (mg/dl)

3.0-4.8 (3.9)

2.5–4.8 (4.0)

0.12

Platelet (× 104 /µl)

5.5–130 (16.3)

4.6–39.8 (18.4)

0.44

ICG clearance test (%)

2.8–31.3 (10.1)

2.2–53 (9.1)

0.44

Child-Pugh classification (A/B)

34/0

81/1

0.40

Hepatitis (B/ C/non B non C)

8/10/16

18/30/34

0.75

AFP (< 100/≥ 100 ng/ml)

30/4

70/12

0.68

PIVKA-II (< 400/≥ 400 mAU/ml)

22/12

70/12

0.02

Maximum diameter (cm)

1–12 (3)

0.9–10 (3)

0.96

Tumor number (single/multiple)

28/6

71/11

0.56

Growth type (Eg/Ig)

26/8

71/11

0.19

Portal invasion (−/+)

32/2

81/1

0.18

Stage (I/II/III)

4/25/5

14/60/8

0.62

Type of hepatectomy (minor/major)

29/5

67/15

0.64

Pathological finding (NL/CH/LC)

4/17/13

14/52/16

0.11

  1. ICG indocyanine green, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, PIVKA-II protein induced by vitamin-K absence II, Eg expansive growth, Ig infiltrative growth
  2. NL normal liver, CH chronic hepatitis, LC liver cirrhosis
  3. Continuous variables are presented as min–max (median) and the unpaired Mann–Whitney U test was used. Other factors are presented as number. Fisher’s exact test was used for Differentiation