Research Article

Model for End-Stage Liver Disease and Sodium Velocity Predicts Overall Survival in Nonmetastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of the 182 subjects included in this study.

CharacteristicN=182

Age, mean (SD)61.8 (11.1)

Gender, n (%)
 Male133 (73%)
 Female49 (27%)

Stage, n (%)
 I65 (36%)
 II51 (66%)
 III66 (36)

AFP (ng/mL)
 < 400127 (70%)
 > 40055 (30%)

Race, n (%)
 White107 (59%)
 Black/African American54 (30%)
 Asian5 (2%)
 Other/Unknown16 (9%)

Ethnicity, n (%)
 Not Hispanic/Latino85 (47%)
 Hispanic/Latino97 (54%)

Etiology of cirrhosis, n (%)
 HCV120 (66%)
 HBV13 (7%)
 HBV + HCV4 (2%)
 Alcoholism24 (13%)
 Unknown21 (12%)

MELD-Na, median (IQR)9.7 (7.5 to 13.3)

MELD-Na_90, median (IQR)11.8 (8.5 to 18.8)