Prevalence of viral marker and heavy alcohol use among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
| Causative factors | HCC cases (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBV markers | ||||||
| Overall | 246 (68.91) | |||||
| HBsAg+ | 201 (56.30) | |||||
| Only Anti HBe+ | 17 (4.76) | |||||
| Only IgG Anti HBc+ | 28 (7.84) | |||||
| HCV markers | ||||||
| Overall | 76 (21.29) | |||||
| Anti HCV+ve & HCV RNA+ve | 66 (18.49) | |||||
| Anti HCV+ve & HCV RNA-ve | 10 (2.80) | |||||
| HBV & HCV | 19 (5.32) | |||||
| Heavy alcohol Use | ||||||
| Overall | 67 (18.77) | |||||
| Alcohol alone | 20 (5.60) | |||||
| Alcohol and virus | 47 (13.17) | |||||
| Alcohol & HBV | 25 (7.0) | |||||
| Alcohol & HCV | 12 (3.36) | |||||
| Alcohol, HBV & HCV | 11 (3.08) | |||||
| Negative for alcohol, smoking, HBV, HCV | 65 (18.21) | |||||