Table 2 Number of ultrasonography examinations during baseline and follow-up among subjects positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (N = 2848), 2012–2015*.

From: Mass screening for liver cancer: results from a demonstration screening project in Zhongshan City, China

Total (%)

Gender

P value

Age in 2012 (years)

P value

male (n = 1,914)

female (n = 934)

35–39 (n = 421)

40–49 (n = 1,173)

50–59 (n = 974)

60–64 (n = 280)

Number of ultrasonography examinations

   

0.411

    

<0.001

0

374 (13.1)

246 (12.8)

128 (13.7)

 

81 (19.2)

182 (15.5)

86 (8.8)

25 (8.9)

 

1

451 (15.8)

300 (15.7)

151 (16.2)

 

73 (17.3)

184 (15.7)

156 (16.0)

38 (13.6)

 

2

390 (13.7)

278 (14.5)

112 (12.0)

 

55 (13.5)

178 (15.2)

118 (12.1)

39 (13.9)

 

3

440 (15.4)

295 (15.4)

145 (15.5)

 

57 (13.5)

158 (13.5)

163 (16.7)

62 (22.1)

 

4

530 (18.6)

352 (18.4)

178 (19.1)

 

66 (15.7)

210 (17.9)

195 (20.0)

59 (21.1)

 

5

478 (16.8)

328 (17.1)

150 (16.1)

 

69 (16.4)

186 (15.9)

180 (18.5)

43 (15.4)

 

6

185 (6.5)

115 (6.0)

70 (7.5)

 

20 (4.7)

75 (6.4)

76 (7.8)

14 (5.0)

 
  1. *Dates for the first to the fifth round of re-examinations: October 2012 - August 2013, April 2014, October 2014, April 2015 and October 2015, respectively.