Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population. HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; Anti-HCV, antibody against hepatitis C virus; ECOG, eastern cooperative oncology group; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; TNM, tumor, node, and metastasis.

From: Serum fibronectin distinguishes the early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma

  

Training set

Test set

Validation set

LC

HCC/Recovery

LC

HCC/Recovery

LC

HCC/Recovery

(n = 30)

(n = 30/30)

(n = 30)

(n = 30/30)

(n = 20)

(n = 20/20)

Age (years)

 

58.97 ± 8.07

57.83 ± 10.21

55.33 ± 9.77

62.50 ± 9.38

55.00 ± 7.13

57.00 ± 10.17

Gender

Male

19

24

2

21

0

18

Female

11

6

28

9

20

2

Etiology

HBsAg-positive

21

21

17

21

16

15

Anti-HCV-positive

1

3

2

4

1

1

Alcohol

8

6

11

5

3

4

ECOG

0

29

29

30

29

20

20

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

AFP (ng/mL)

<20

25

21

29

21

20

13

≥20

5

9

1

9

0

7

Tumor size (cm)

<5

 

29

 

27

 

17

≥5

 

1

 

3

 

3

Tumor number

<3

 

30

 

28

 

19

≥3

 

0

 

2

 

1

Metastasis

No

 

30

 

30

 

20

Yes

 

0

 

0

 

0

TNM stage

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

I

 

27

 

23

 

17

II

 

3

 

7

 

3

III

 

0

 

0

 

0

IV

 

0

 

0

 

0