Table 2 Incidence of HCC by antiviral agents.

From: Comparison of hepatocellular carcinoma incidence after long-term treatment with besifovir vs. tenofovir AF

Patient group

PSM

Group

Total

Person-year

HCC (−)

HCC (+)

Incidence rate (95% CI)

Incidence rate ratio (95% CI)

P

Total

Before PSM

BSV

2358

5917.85

2301 (97.38)

62 (2.62)

9.63 (7.43–12.49)

1 (ref)

 

TAF

39,499

95107.72

38,322 (96.81)

1262 (3.19)

12.38 (11.69–13.10)

1.28 (0.98–1.68)

0.065

After PSM

BSV

2239

5458.56

2186 (97.63)

53 (2.37)

9.71 (7.42–12.71)

1 (ref)

 

TAF

6717

15918.10

6535 (97.29)

182 (2.71)

11.43 (9.89–13.22)

1.18 (0.87–1.60)

0.295

Non-cirrhosis

Before PSM

BSV

1882

4764.86

1852 (98.41)

30 (1.59)

6.30 (4.40–9.00)

1 (ref)

 

TAF

31,216

75712.67

30,572 (97.94)

644 (2.06)

8.51 (7.87–9.19)

1.35 (0.94–1.95)

0.107

After PSM

BSV

1782

4373.96

1755 (98.48)

27 (1.52)

6.17 (4.23–9.00)

1 (ref)

 

TAF

5336

12743.37

5234 (98.09)

102 (1.91)

8.00 (6.59–9.72)

1.30 (0.85–1.98)

0.230

Cirrhosis

Before PSM

BSV

476

1152.99

449 (94.33)

27 (5.67)

23.42 (16.06–34.15)

1 (ref)

 

TAF

8283

19395.04

7750 (93.57)

533 (6.43)

27.48 (25.24–29.92)

1.17 (0.80–1.73)

0.417

After PSM

BSV

457

1084.60

431 (94.31)

26 (5.69)

23.97 (16.32–35.21)

1 (ref)

 

TAF

1381

3174.73

1301 (94.21)

80 (5.79)

25.20 (20.24–31.37)

1.05 (0.68–1.64)

0.825

  1. HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, CI confidence interval, BSV besifovir dipivoxil maleate, TAF tenofovir alafenamide, PSM propensity score matching.