Table 4 Age-specific basic subsidies and the number of supported young children Classification Under 1 year 1 year 2 years Number of supported children Year 2006 KRW 249,000 KRW 104,000 KRW 69,000 191,000 Year 2007 KRW 292,000 KRW 134,000 KRW 86,000 200,000 Note.
Before reaching consensus, histological classification differed in 19 children (12.8%); however, in only 2 of these children, classification differences pertained to the presence or absence of mucosal injury (Marsh ≥ 2).
Liver function (Child classification) was used for stratification and subgroup analysis.
Before central randomization via fax patients were stratified according to liver function (Child classification) and treatment before study entry (received or not received).
As intended in our study protocol, we stratified patients prior to randomisation according to liver function (Child classification) and previous treatment for HCC (received or not received).
hTERT-negative cases had no other common characteristics with age, gender, etiology, child classification etc. than tumor size, ALT, and surrounding lesion.
These criteria were child classification as overweight or obese (BMI ≥85th percentile) or child classification as normal weight (BMI in 5th to 85th percentile), with at least one parent meeting adult criteria for overweight (BMI ≥25) or being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Furthermore, the following clinical data were collected: Underlying liver disease, MELD score [ 20] (corrected and uncorrected) [ 21], Child classification of liver cirrhosis, incidence of diabetes mellitus and location directly before TPL (home, hospital or ICU).
Regarding Child classification 18 patients (66.6%) were CHILD A, 8 (29.6 %) CHILD B and 1 (3.8%) CHILD C. We evaluated the influence of age in our clinical behaviour, exploiting the BCLC guidelines.
At the time of the assessment, Malawi's CHWs (known as Health Surveillance Assistants [HSAs]) were using ad hoc registers; often these were old diarrhea management registers that included the name, age and sex of child, classification and management decisions.
Thus, adjustment for age, gender, Karnofsky performance status, presence of liver cirrhosis and stage of liver disease (Child classification), tumor stage (Okuda, CLIP and BCLC classification), invasive tumor phenotype (vascular invasion or metastases) or treatment prior to enrollment did not reveal a therapeutic effect of thymostimulin in any subgroup of patients.
