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Table 5 Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors related to survival

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) 0.648 1.014 0.955–1.076    
Sex (female) 0.253 0.517 0.167–1.603    
Etiology (HCV) 0.963 0.974 0.313–3.025    
Child–Pugh class (A) 0.147 0.456 0.158–1.316    
Platelets (×104/μL) 0.139 1.033 0.990–1.078    
ALT (IU/L) 0.365 1.006 0.993–1.020    
Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL) 0.681 1.000 0.999–1.002    
Type IV collagen 7S (ng/mL) 0.070 1.150 0.989–1.338    
Tumor size (mm) 0.001 1.174 1.071–1.287 0.044 1.112 1.003–1.232
Number of tumors 0.037 2.035 1.044–3.965 0.535 1.315 0.554–3.122
AFP (ng/mL) 0.003 1.002 1.001–1.003 0.436 0.999 0.998–1.001
AFP-L3 (> 15%) 0.007 4.274 1.474–12.390 0.074 3.774 0.879–16.210
DCP (mAU/mL) 0.698 1.000 1.000–1.000    
PET positive < 0.001 12.783 4.456–36.671 0.004 7.300 1.920–27.751
  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