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Table 1 Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of our study population (n = 100 patients)

From: The value of liver resection for focal nodular hyperplasia: resection yes or no?

Variables

Median (range) or n (%)

Demographics

 Age (years)

44 (21–71)

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.9 (17.6–35.3)

Gender

 Female

89 (89 %)

 Male

11 (11 %)

Laboratory values

 

 ASAT (µmmol/l)

0.39 (0.2–1.15)

 ALAT (µmmol/l)

0.36 (0.15–1.7)

 y-glutamyltransferase (µmmol/l)

1.4 (0.1–9.6)

 Bilirubin (µmol/l)

8.7 (2–30)

 Alkaline phosphatase (µmol/l)

2.5 (0.7–7.1)

 Prothrombin time (%)

104 (58–134)

Pathology

 Typical FNH

80 (80 %)

 Non-classical FNH

20 (20 %)

 Tumor size (cm)

5.9 (2–17)

Tumor distribution

 Unilobular

76 (76 %)

 Multilobular

24 (24 %)

 Tumor weight (g)

366.5 (10–1886)

 Number of tumor lesions

1.59 (1–7)

Medical history

 Previous hormone therapy

  Yes

67 (67 %)

  No

33 (33 %)

  Median time of hormone use (years)

18 (1–35)

  Other medicaments (aspirine, steroids, antidepressants)

14 (14 %)

 History of cancer

  Yes

18 (18 %)

  No

82 (82 %)