Table 2

Clinical and molecular characteristics of patients

VariableTotal
Age (n=74) (years)
 (mean, min-max)63 (27–83)
Gender
 Male:female64 (86%):10 (14%)
Aetiology (including 12 patients with ≥2 aetiologies)
 Alcohol20 (27%)
 Hepatitis B20 (27%)
 Hepatitis C20 (27%)
 Haemochromatosis7 (9%)
 Metabolic syndrome12 (16%)
 Without known aetiology6 (8%)
Tumour features (n=74)
 Tumour size (mm) (mean, min-max)71 (11–190)
 Macrovascular and/or microvascular invasion39 (53%)
Edmondson grading (n=74)
 Edmondson I–II30 (41%)
 Edmondson III–IV44 (59%)
Differentiation WHO (n=74)
 Good13 (18%)
 Medium49 (66%)
 Weak12 (16%)
Non-tumorous liver: fibrosis according to METAVIR (n=73)
 F0–F120 (27%)
 F2–F326 (36%)
 F427 (37%)
G1G6 classification (n=70)
 G1–G328 (40%)
 G4–G542 (60%)
TERT mutations (n=72)
 Mutated51 (71%)
 Non-mutated21 (29%)
CTNNB1 mutations (n=71)
 Mutated32 (45%)
 Non-mutated39 (55%)
TP53 mutations (n=72)
 Mutated23 (32%)
 Non-mutated49 (68%)
ALBUMIN mutations (n=64)
 Mutated9 (14%)
 Non-mutated55 (86%)
AXIN1 mutations (n=71)
 Mutated4 (5.6%)
 Non-mutated67 (94.4%)
ARID1A mutations (n=71)
 Mutated8 (11.3%)
 Non-mutated63 (88.7%)
ARID2 mutations (n=71)
 Mutated3 (4.2%)
 Non-mutated68 (95.8%)