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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients with HAE at the time of MWA

From: Effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Characteristic

Value

Mean age (year)a

38 ± 2

Mean body mass index (kg/m2)a

22.9  ± 0.6

Sex

 

 Male

24 (53.3)

 Female

21 (46.7)

Clinical symptom

 

 Yes

25 (55.6)

 No

20 (44.4)

Child–Pugh grade

 

 Child A

43 (95.6)

 Child B

2 (4.4)

HBV

 

 Yes

6 (13.3)

 No

39 (86.7)

Nodules

 

Maximum diameter of nodules (cm)b

3.42 (2.85–4.41)

 < 3 cm

19 (33.3)

 3–5 cm

33 (57.9)

 > 5 cm

5 (8.8)

Number of nodules

 

 1

36 (80.0)

 2

6 (13.3)

 3

3 (6.7)

Segmental location

 

 I

1 (1.8)

 II

6 (10.5)

 III

8 (14.0)

 IV

14 (24.6)

 V

4 (7.0)

 VI

9 (15.8)

 VII

3 (5.3)

 VIII

12 (21.1)

Right hepatic lobe

28 (49.1)

Left hepatic lobe

29 (50.9)

  1. Except where indicated, data are raw data, with percentages in parentheses
  2. aData are means ± standard deviation
  3. bData are median, with IQR in parentheses