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HEPATOLOGY, VOLUME 62, NUMBER 1 (SUPPL) AASLD ABSTRACTS 437A<br />

for 70.9% and 12.6% of the total HCC cases (1292 patients)<br />

respectively. Out of the total cohort enrolled from 1980 to<br />

2005, the ratio of cryptogenic to CHB patients was 1:6.7;<br />

while from 2006 to 2015, the ratio of cryptogenic to CHB<br />

patients has increased significantly to 1:3.9. Both groups were<br />

comparable with regards to gender, Chinese ethnicity, smoking<br />

status, Child’s score, stage of HCC, portal vein invasion,<br />

AFP and platelet count. Relative to CHB group, cryptogenic<br />

HCC patients were older (68 versus 60 years old; p

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