The associations with HCC early recurrence were also appeared not significant for the other general clinocopathological factors, including serum HBV-DVA copies, ALT, total bilirubin, albumin levels and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Classification, as well as surgical margin, the way of resection and blood transfusion (presented in Table S1). Here, GPT is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.