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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors related to metastatic 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) 0.619 0.989 0.949–1.032    
Sex (female) 0.592 0.818 0.391–1.708    
Etiology (HCV) 0.631 1.246 0.508–3.052    
Child–Pugh class (A) 0.027 0.426 0.200–0.906 0.087 0.449 0.180–1.123
Platelets (×104/μL) 0.588 1.014 0.965–1.064    
ALT (IU/L) 0.367 1.005 0.994–1.015    
Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL) 0.145 1.001 1.000–1.001    
Type IV collagen 7S (ng/mL) 0.018 1.141 1.023–1.274 0.454 1.057 0.914–1.222
Tumor size (mm) 0.000 1.132 1.062–1.207 0.017 1.089 1.015–1.169
Number of tumors 0.014 1.940 1.145–3.285 0.197 1.492 0.812–2.740
AFP (ng/mL) 0.012 1.001 1.000–1.002 0.534 1.000 0.998–1.001
AFP-L3 (> 15%) 0.030 2.559 1.096–5.972 0.329 1.703 0.585–4.961
DCP (mAU/mL) 0.775 1.000 1.000–1.000    
PET positive < 0.001 12.941 4.646–36.047 < 0.001 10.297 3.128–33.898
  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