Survival Outcomes According to Body Mass Index in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patient: Analysis of Nationwide Cancer Registry Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Body mass index (BMI) is known to be closely related to the prognosis and mortality of various diseases. The aim of our study was to evaluate differences in post-treatment overall survival (OS) according to BMI with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to understand the meaning of BMI. Among the records of 10,578 HCC patients registered at the Korean Central Cancer Registry from 2008 through 2014, we selected Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) 0, A, and B staged HCC patients (n = 4,926). HCC patients showed a good prognosis in the order of overweight, normal weight, obesity, and underweight. However, comparing normal-weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m²) to overweight (BMI 25-29.9 kg/m²) after propensity score matching (PSM), there was no significan

SUBMITTER: Cha B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239934 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature