Table 1 Characteristics of the 193 HCC patients.

From: Lower protein expression levels of MHC class I chain-related gene A in hepatocellular carcinoma are at high risk of recurrence after surgical resection

Age (years, mean ± SD)

62.8 ± 11.5

Male gender, n (%)

144 (74.6)

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

24.9 ± 4.4

AST (IU/L, mean ± SD)

56 ± 38

ALT (IU/L, mean ± SD)

51 ± 40

α-fetoprotein >20 ng/mL, n (%)

83 (43.0)

Fibrosis stage 3–4, n (%)

104 (53.9)

HBV/HCV/B + C/NBNC/unknown, n

87/51/7/37/11

Child-Pugh score A, n (%)

163 (84.5)

MICA rs2596542 A allele, n (%)*

90 (46.6)

BCLC stage 0-A, n (%)

117 (60.6)

TMN stage 1-2, n (%)

159 (82.4)

Tumor size >5 cm, n (%)

70 (36.3)

Tumor number >2, n (%)

32 (16.6)

Poor differentiated HCC, n (%)†

48 (40.3)

  1. Note: BMI: body mass index.AST: aspartate aminotransferase. ALT: alanine aminotransferase. HBV: hepatitis B virus. HCV: hepatitis C virus. B + C: hepatitis B and hepatitis C coinfection. NBNC: non-hepatitis B and non-hepatitis C. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma. BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer. MICA: MHC class I chain-related A. *6 patients had indeterminate single nucleotide polymorphism. †Data available in 119 patients.
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