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Prevalence of viral infection and heavy alcohol use among HCC patients with and without cirrhosis.

Etiological associationHCC with cirrhosis, n=253 (%)HCC without cirrhosis, n=104 (%)P
HBV marker
 Overall176 (69.56)61 (58.65)0.02526
 HbsAg+154 (60.86)54 (51.92)0.06129
 Only Anti HBe+9 (3.56)2 (1.92)0.2266
 Only IgG Anti HBc+12 (4.74)4 (3.85)0.3716
HCV markers
 Overall55 (21.74)3 (2.88)0.000000638
 Anti HCV+, HCV RNA+43 (17.00)3 (2.88)0.00004147
 Anti HCV+, HCV RNA-12 (4.74)0
 HBV and HCV24 (9.49)0
 Overall65 (25.69)14 (13.46)0.004946
 Alcohol alone8 (3.16)9 (8.65)0.01940
 Alcohol and virus59 (23.32)6 (5.77)0.00001529
 Alcohol and HBV31 (12.25)4 (3.85)0.005667
 Alcohol and HBVand HCV9 (3.56)0
 Alcohol and HCV16 (6.32)1 (0.96)0.01153
 Negative for HBV, HCV and alcohol37 (14.62)30 (28.85)0.001280