Demography of patients with compensated cirrhosis and a de novo liver nodule detected during surveillance with abdominal ultrasound
| All | HCC | Non-HCC | p Value | ||||
| Patients | 64 | 42 | 22 | ||||
| Nodules | 67 | 44 | 23 | ||||
| Males (range) | 47 | (73%) | 32 | (80%) | 16 | (70%) | 0.59 |
| Mean age, years (range) | 65 | (44–80) | 66 | (44–80) | 63 | (46–76) | 0.18 |
| Risk factors | |||||||
| HBV | 10 | (16%) | 4 | (10%) | 6 | (27%) | 0.18 |
| HCV | 40 | (62%) | 30 | (71%) | 10 | (45%) | 0.06 |
| Alcohol | 4 | (6%) | 3 | (7%) | 1 | (5%) | 1.0 |
| Mixed | 7 | (11%) | 4 | (10%) | 3 | (14%) | 0.68 |
| Other | 3 | (5%) | 1 | (2%) | 2 | (9%) | 0.41 |
| Child–Pugh A | 63 | (98%) | 41 | (98%) | 22 | (100%) | 0.46 |
| Child–Pugh B | 1 | (2%) | 1 | (2%) | 0 | ||
| Median AFP, ng/ml (range) | 11 | (1–2156) | 17 | (2–2156) | 6 | (1–51) | 0.002 |
| No. with >200 ng/ml | 3 | (5%) | 3 | (7%) | 0 | 0.28 | |
AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; HBV, hepaptitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus.