Clinical Study
Changes in Plasma Ghrelin and Serum Leptin Levels after Cisplatin-Based Transcatheter Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
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| Sex (M/F) | 15/2 | Age (years, ± SD) | 69.2 ± 7.1 | BMI (kg/m2, ± SD) | 24.2 ± 3.3 | Performance status scale (0/1/2/3/4) | 16/1/0/0/0 | Hepatitis virus (HBV/HCV/both negative) | 3/12/2 | Clinical UICC TNM stage (I/II/IIIA/IIIB/IIIC/IV) | 0/6/5/1/1/4 | Child-Pugh classification (A/B/C) | 12/5/0 |
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BMI: body mass index. HBV: hepatitis B virus. HCV: hepatitis C virus.
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