Long-Term Outcomes of Hepatic Resection versus Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matching Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of all patients who underwent HR and LDLT.

Characteristic	LT ()	HR ()	value
Age (years)	57 (22–69)	67 (20–90)	<0.001
Sex (male/female)	140/64	576/156	0.004
Child-Pugh classification (A/B/C)	30/78/96	675/55/2	<0.001
DCP (mAU/mL)	50 (5–20600)	164 (6–355000)	0.002
AFP (ng/mL)	33 (0.9–212220)	21.9 (0.9–360093)	0.660
Maximum tumor size (cm)	4.5 (0.5–10.0)	4.0 (0.7–25.0)	<0.001
Number of tumors	2 (1–186)	1 (1–15)	<0.001

Data are given as median (range).
Tumor characteristics are those found on the preoperative imaging.
DCP, des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein.