Long-Term Outcomes of Hepatic Resection versus Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matching Study
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of the two propensity-matched groups in all patients.
Characteristic
LT ()
HR ()
value
Age (years)
60 (23–69)
58 (31–69)
0.671
Sex (male/female)
29/11
29/11
1.000
Underlying liver disease
0.784
Viral hepatitis C
24
22
Viral hepatitis B
12
12
Others
4
6
Child-Pugh classification (A/B)
19/21
19/21
1.000
DCP (mAU/mL)
37 (5–6740)
55.5 (9–51286)
0.120
AFP (ng/mL)
34.1 (0.9–3284)
35.4 (1.7–107579)
0.301
Maximum tumor size (cm)
3.1 (1.0–12.0)
3.4 (0.7–14.5)
0.638
Number of tumors
2 (1–100)
1 (1–15)
0.250
Milan criteria met
22 (55%)
26 (65%)
0.361
Postoperative mortality
6 (15%)
2 (5%)
0.136
Data are given as median (range). Tumor characteristics are those found on the preoperative imaging. DCP, des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein. Postoperative mortality means postoperative death within 90 days after surgery in this analysis.
