Variables | Patients with fever (n = 28) | Patients without fever (n = 83) | p-value | Patients with liver failure (n = 13) | Patients without acute liver failure (n = 98) | p-value |
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Age (years) | 64 (37–84) | 63 (34–78) | 0.916 | 64 (37–84) | 62 (34–76) | 0.924 |
Gender (Males) | 23 (84 %) | 77 (93.2 %) | 0.188 | 10 (83.3 %) | 89 (91.2 %) | 0.363 |
Diabetics | 17 (55.9 %) | 46 (55.6 %) | 0.995 | 07 (55.6 %) | 57 (58.3 %) | 0.858 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.03 | 23.88 | 0.124 | 24.18 | 24.33 | 0.842 |
KF index (<80 %) | 03 (10 %) | 03 (3.8 %) | 0.198 | 02 (15.3 %) | 08 (8.1 %) | 0.199 |
Child Class B | 09 (33.3 %) | 14 (16.7 %) | 0.252 | 04 (35.4 %) | 28 (29.4 %) | 0.743 |
Presence of ascites in computed tomogram | 05 (17.9 %) | 07 (8.1 %) | 0.149 | 02 (15.3 %) | 08 (8.1 %) | 0.493 |
INR | 1.23 | 1.15 | 0.546 | 1.21 | 1.16 | 0.451 |
Platelet count (/ml) | 156×103 | 171×103 | 0.241 | 128×103 | 177×103 | 0.021 |
AST (U/L) | 67.38 | 58.2 | 0.274 | 66.8 | 59.7 | 0.512 |
ALT(U/L) | 46.1 | 48.6 | 0.703 | 46 | 48.3 | 0.782 |
Total Bilirubin (mg/dl) | 1.39 | 0.71 | 0.046 | 1.35 | 0.87 | 0.094 |
Albumin (mg/dl) | 3.30 | 3.51 | 0.035 | 3.14 | 3.49 | 0.041 |
Serum Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.11 | 0.89 | 0.321 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 0.235 |
Total tumour diameter (cm) | 7.93 | 6.14 | 0.102 | 8.17 | 6.48 | 0.123 |
Type of HCC (diffuse %) | 03 (1079 %) | 03 (4 %) | 0.311 | 02 (16.6 %) | 72 (7.4 %) | 0.292 |
Presence of Portal vein invasion | 04 (16.2 %) | 09 (11.3 %) | 0.167 | 02 (16.6 %) | 11 (11.9 %) | 0.786 |