Table 1 Patient demographics and clinicopathologic characteristics in the primary cohort.

From: Development of a predictive nomogram for postembolization syndrome after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma

Demographic or characteristic

PES cohort

n = 106 (100%)

Non-PES cohort

n = 74 (100%)

X2/t

P-value

Age, years

57.29 ± 9.84

59.20 ± 10.20

− 1.262

0.209

Sex, N(%)

1.247

0.264

 Male

96 (90.5%)

63 (85.1%)

  

 Female

10 (9.5%)

11 (14.9%)

  

BMI, kg/m2

22.36 ± 3.04

22.45 ± 3.074

− 0.192

0.848

ECOG

9.249

 < 0.001

 0–1

59 (55.7%)

62 (83.8%)

  

 2

47 (44.3%)

12 (16.2%)

  

Liver cirrhosis

  

0.054

0.861

 No

52 (49.1%)

35 (47.3%)

  

 Yes

54 (50.9%)

39 (52.7%)

  

Child–Pugh class

0.088

0.767

 A

90 (84.9%)

64 (86.5%)

  

 B

16 (15.1%)

10 (13.5%)

  

BCLC staging

3.286

0.070

 B

78 (73.6%)

45 (60.8%)

  

 C

28 (26.4%)

29 (39.2%)

  

TACE types

4.167

0.041

 C-TACE

51 (47.2%)

47 (63.5%)

  

 D-TACE

55 (51.8%)

27 (36.5%)

  

Embolization degree

20.481

 < 0.001

 Incomplete

30 (28.3%)

46 (62.2%)

  

 Complete

76 (71.7%)

28 (37.8%)

  

Tumor number, n

6.353

0.042

 1

40 (37.7%)

41 (55.4%)

  

 2–4

57 (53.8%)

26 (35.1%)

  

 ≥ 5

9 (8.5%)

7 (9.5%)

  

Tumor diameter, cm

7.30 ± 3.94

8.50 ± 4.18

− 1.952

0.052

Chemotherapeutic drugs

0.319

0.572

 Single drug

14 (13.2%)

12 (16.2%)

  

 Multiple drug

92 (86.8%)

62 (83.8%)

  

Operation time, min

87.13 ± 30.42

80.72 ± 24.95

1.493

0.137

  1. BMI, body mass index; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.