Research Article

An ALBI- and Ascites-Based Model to Predict Survival for BCLC Stage B Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

The baseline characteristics of the BCLC stage B HCC patients from the training cohort.

The variablesThe patients (n = 903)

Gender, n (%)
 Male821 (90.9%)
 Female82 (9.1%)
Age (years), mean (SD)53.2 (12.3)
HBsAg, n (%)
 Negative111 (12.3%)
 Positive792 (87.7%)
Anti-HCV, n (%)
 Negative885 (98.0%)
 Positive82 (9.1%)
HGB (g/L), mean (SD)132.5 (19.7)
WBC (109/L), median (IQR)6.9 (5.2–9.3)
PLT (109/L), median (IQR)144.1 (99.0–202.0)
AST (U/L), median (IQR)65.8 (39.6–125.5)
ALB (g/L), mean (SD)38.7 (5.7)
TBLT(μmol/L), median (IQR)18.3 (12.6–27.1)
CRP (mg/L), median (IQR)16.5 (3.4–55.4)
PT (seconds), mean (SD)12.3 (1.3)
AFP (ng/ml), median (IQR)242.3 (17.0–4447.5)
Size of main tumor (mm), median (IQR)65.0 (43.0–95.5)
Number of lesions, n (%)
 ≤3360 (39.9%)
 >3543 (60.1%)
Ascites, n (%)
 No867 (96.0%)
 Little amount33 (3.6%)
 Middle amount3 (0.4%)
Child–Pugh grade, n (%)
 A150 (16.6%)
 B753 (83.4%)
ChildPugh score, n (%)
 ≤6150 (16.6%)
 7629 (69.7%)
 889 (9.9%)
 ≥935 (3.9%)
ALBI score, mean (SD)−2.4 (0.5)
APRI score, median (IQR)1.5 (0.7–2.1)

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HGB, hemoglobin; WBC, white blood cell; PLT, platelet; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALB, albumin; TBLT, total bilirubin; CRP, C-reactive protein; PT, prothrombin time; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; ALBI, albumin-bilirubin grade; APRI, AST to platelet ratio index; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range.