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Table 2 Univariate analysis of different prognostic factors for survival in 335 patients with sHCC (Cox proportional hazards regression)

From: Prognostic factors affecting postoperative survival of patients with solitary small hepatocellular carcinoma

Variable

Overall survival

Recurrence-free survival

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Gender (male vs. female)

0.825 (0.374–1.816)

0.825

0.663 (0.366–1.202)

0.176

Age (>48 vs. ≤48 years)

1.014 (0.615–1.672)

0.331

1.171 (0.829–1.654)

0.371

ALT (≤40 vs. >40 U/L)

1.337 (0.812–2.201)

0.949

1.272 (0.902–1.795)

0.170

AFP (≤20 vs. >20 ng/mL)

1.230 (0.734–2.059)

0.130

0.912 (0.644–1.289)

0.601

Tumor size (≤2.5 vs. > 2.5 cm)

2.431 (1.443–4.093)

0.014

1.710 (1.211–2.415)

0.002

Tumor differentiation (well-moderate vs. poor-undifferentiated)

1.215 (0.679–2.175)

0.172

1.774 (1.221–2.578)

0.003

Vascular invasion (absent vs. present)

3.033 (1.827–5.035)

0.001

1.790 (1.236–2.594)

0.002

Envelope (absent vs. present)

0.920 (0.544–1.559)

0. 110

0.958 (0.668–1.375)

0. 816

Liver cirrhosis (absent vs. present)

1.516 (0.921–2.495)

0.496

1.329 (0.939–1.881)

0.108

  1. AFP alpha-fetoprotein, ALT alanine aminotranferease, HR hazards ratio, CI confidence interval