Comparison of HCC patients with and without the pre-S deletion mutants of HBV.

*missing data at the time of resection surgery for this parameter.Continuous variables are expressed as median; 25 and 75 percentiles.Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Alk-P, alkaline phosphatase; GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase; ICG-15R, indocyanine green retention rate at 15 minutes; PT, prothrombin time; INR, international normalized ratio; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; BCP, basal core promoter; BCLC, the Barcelona-Clinic Liver Cancer.