Abstract: In the nested case-control study, patients with
HCC had a higher HBV DNA level (p < 0.001), a higher frequency of
pre-S deletion (p < 0.001) and
A1762T/
G1764A mutant (p = 0.005), a lower HCV RNA level (p = 0.012) and a higher prevalence of HCV genotype-1 (p = 0.002) than those without.