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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors related to recurrence

From: Prognostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma treated by radiofrequency ablation

  Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
p value HR 95%CI p value HR 95%CI
Age (years) 0.520 1.008 0.983–1.034    
Sex (female) 0.878 1.036 0.660–1.627    
Etiology (HCV) 0.004 2.426 1.334–4.411 0.006 2.438 1.293–4.599
Child–Pugh class (A) 0.007 0.492 0.294–0.823 0.042 0.524 0.281–0.976
Platelets (×104/μL) 0.742 0.994 0.957–1.031    
ALT (IU/L) 0.048 1.006 1.000–1.012 0.873 1.001 0.993–1.008
Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL) < 0.001 1.001 1.001–1.002 0.575 1.000 0.999–1.001
Type IV collagen 7S (ng/mL) 0.000 1.146 1.073–1.224 0.130 1.080 0.978–1.192
Tumor size (mm) 0.037 1.040 1.002–1.079 0.573 1.012 0.971–1.054
Number of tumors < 0.001 2.172 1.459–3.235 0.005 1.930 1.219–3.057
AFP (ng/mL) 0.120 1.001 1.000–1.001    
AFP-L3 (> 15%) 0.084 1.725 0.929–3.205    
DCP (mAU/mL) 0.282 1.000 1.000–1.000    
PET positive 0.021 2.425 1.144–5.138 0.112 1.969 0.854–4.540
  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, HCV hepatitis C virus, ALT alanine aminotransferase, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, AFP-L3 Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive alpha-fetoprotein, DCP, Des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin, PET positron emission tomography