Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics (n = 121)
| Age (years) | 69 (45–87) |
| Sex (male/female) | 73/48 |
| Etiology (HCV/non-HCV) | 91/30 |
| Fibrosis stage (F0/1/2/3/4) | 2/0/12/30/77 |
| Tumor size (mm) | 18 (8–30) |
| AFP (ng/mL) | 18.0 (1.8–1594.5) |
| AFP-L3 (%) | 7.4 (0.0–80.0) |
| DCP (mAU/mL) | 64 (5–9489) |