Table 1 Demographic information of the study cohort.

From: Plasma phenylalanine and glutamine concentrations correlate with subsequent hepatocellular carcinoma occurrence in liver cirrhosis patients: an exploratory study

 

The cohort

Patient number

475

HCC (%)

39

Age (years)

59.50 ± 11.04

Gender—male (%)

298 (63%)

HBV (%)

273 (57%)

HCV (%)

149 (31%)

AST

44.50 ± 38.57

ALT

39.19 ± 43.27

AST/ALT

1.26 ± 0.48

Platelet

130.87 ± 57.54

FIB-4 index

4.51 ± 4.60

  1. HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; FIB-4, fibrosis-4.
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