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Table 1 The clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients (60 cases in all)

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Ferroportin in the progression and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Characteristic

Number

Age (years)

50.1 ± 8.5

Sex (male/female)

51/9

Etiology (HBV/alcohol/HCV/HBV + HCV/others)

38/5/7/6/4

Potential disease (chronic hepatitis/liver cirrhosis)

9/51

Intrahepatic metastasis (+/−)

12/48

Portal vein invasion (+/−)

11/49

Edmondson-Steiner grading ( I to II/ III to IV)

34/26

TNM staging (I to II/ III to IV)

34/26

AFP (ng/mL) (≤ 400/> 400)

49/11

  1. AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.