Variables | Patients with curative liver surgery | ||||
EpCAM+ (n=111) | EpCAM− (n=169) | P value | |||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 90 | 81.1 | 132 | 78.1 | 0.651 |
Female | 21 | 18.9 | 37 | 21.9 | |
Mean age (±SD) | 57.2 (±8.9) | 57.1 (±11.0) | 0.921 | ||
Hepatitis B | |||||
No | 25 | 22.5 | 43 | 25.4 | 0.669 |
Yes | 86 | 77.5 | 126 | 74.6 | |
Hepatitis C | |||||
No | 105 | 94.6 | 158 | 93.5 | 0.458 |
Yes | 6 | 5.4 | 11 | 6.5 | |
Alcohol | |||||
No | 88 | 79.3 | 122 | 72.2 | 0.205 |
Yes | 23 | 20.7 | 47 | 27.8 | |
Diabetes | |||||
No | 17 | 15.3 | 34 | 20.1 | 0.345 |
Yes | 94 | 84.7 | 135 | 79.9 | |
AFP at diagnosis | |||||
<100 ng/mL | 59 | 53.2 | 134 | 79.3 | <0.001 |
≥100 ng/mL | 52 | 46.8 | 35 | 20.7 | |
BMI | |||||
<25 | 65 | 58.6 | 102 | 60.4 | 0.804 |
>25 | 46 | 41.4 | 67 | 39.6 | |
Multiple tumors | |||||
No | 86 | 77.5 | 134 | 79.3 | 0.767 |
Yes | 25 | 22.5 | 35 | 20.7 | |
Maximal tumor size | |||||
<5 cm | 85 | 76.6 | 129 | 76.3 | 1.000 |
>5 cm | 26 | 23.4 | 40 | 23.7 | |
Vascular invasion | |||||
No | 70 | 63.1 | 123 | 72.8 | 0.088 |
Yes | 41 | 36.9 | 46 | 27.2 | |
Differentiation | |||||
Well | 44 | 39.6 | 70 | 41.4 | 0.804 |
Moderate to poor | 67 | 60.4 | 99 | 58.6 | |
Non-tumor cirrhosis | |||||
No | 49 | 44.1 | 95 | 56.2 | 0.051 |
Yes | 62 | 55.9 | 74 | 43.8 | |
Antiviral treatment | |||||
No | 25 | 22.5 | 58 | 34.3 | 0.044 |
Yes | 86 | 77.5 | 111 | 65.7 |
AFP, alpha fetoprotein; BMI, body mass index.