Research Article

Prognostic Nomograms Based on the Cirrhotic Severity Scoring for Preoperative Prediction of Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Child-Pugh Grade A Liver Function

Table 2

Baseline characteristics.

CharacteristicsValue

Age, years
Gender, (%)
 Male575 (90.4%)
 Female61 (9.6%)
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L
Albumin, g/L
Total bilirubin, μmol/L
ALBI grade
 Grade 1352 (55.3%)
 Grade 2284 (44.7%)
Prothrombin time, seconds
AFP, (%)
 ≤400 ng/mL372 (58.5%)
 >400 ng/mL264 (41.5%)
Platelet count, 109/L
Portal vein diameter, cm
Splenic thickness, cm
Varicosity, (%)
 No554 (87.1%)
 Mild45 (7.1%)
 Moderate15 (2.4%)
 Severe22 (3.5%)
CSS, (%)
 No/mild cirrhosis363 (57.1%)
 Moderate cirrhosis175 (27.5%)
 Severe cirrhosis98 (15.4%)
Tumor size, cm
Tumor number, (%)
 Single525 (82.5%)
 Multiple111 (17.5%)
Macrovascular invasion, (%)
 Absent560 (88.1%)
 Present76 (11.9%)
BCLC stage, (%)
 0/A474 (74.5%)
 B82 (12.9%)
 C80 (12.6%)
CLIP score, (%)
 0293 (46.1%)
 1231 (36.3%)
 272 (11.3%)
 327 (4.2%)
 413 (2.0%)

ALBI: albumin-bilirubin; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; CSS: cirrhotic severity scoring; BCLC: Barcelona Clinical Liver Cancer; CLIP: Cancer of the Liver Italian Program.