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Table 1 Demographic of the study population (n = 67)

From: Prospective evaluation of low-dose multiphase hepatic computed tomography for detecting and characterizing hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease

Parameters

Values

Sex (men:women), n

47:20

Age, years

 Men

62.2 ± 11.6 (40–86)

 Women

62.2 ± 13.3 (30–83)

Underlying disease, % (n/N)

 Chronic hepatitis B

40.3 (27/67)

 Chronic hepatitis C

10.4 (7/67)

 Alcoholic liver disease

19.4 (13/67)

 Cryptogenic

29.9 (20/67)

Laboratory findings

 Albumin, g/dL

4.3 ± 0.5 (2.6–5.2)

 Total bilirubin, mg/dL

0.9 ± 0.7 (0.3–4.1)

 INR

1.1 ± 0.2 (0.9–1.9)

 Platelet count, × 103/mm3

146.1 ± 63.8 (42–317)

 AFP, ng/mL

329.4 ± 1699.6 (1.6–12,327)

Body weight, kg

65.1 ± 12.1 (39.6–96.6)

Mean body mass index, kg/m2

24.1 ± 3.8 (15.3–35.3)

DLP, mGycm

 Standard dose

848.8 ± 208.6 (423.0–1432.0)

 Low dose

568.7 ± 139.7 (296.1–1002.4)

 Ultra-low dose

280.1 ± 68.8 (126.9–429.6)

Effective dose (mSv)

 Standard dose

12.7 ± 3.1 (6.3–21.5)

 Low dose

8.5 ± 2.1 (4.4–15.0)

 Ultra-low dose

4.2 ± 1.0 (1.9–6.4)

  1. INR international normalized ratio, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, DLP dose length product
  2. Data are represented as mean and standard deviation. Minimum and maximum values in parenthesis with hyphen. ‘n’ indicates the number of people in that parameter, and ‘N’ indicates the total number of enrolled patients. Unit of each parameter is noted after the comma of each criterion