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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2023 Apr 27;29(10):1041–1049. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000149

Table 3.

Cox proportional hazards of features associated with waitlist dropout

Univariate HR (95% CI) p-value Multivariate HR (95% CI) p-value
AFP pre-listing ≥250 ng/mL 2.01 (0.86–4.73) 0.14
AFP pre-listing ≥100 ng/mL 1.78 (0.87–3.64) 0.14 1.84 (0.81–4.16) 0.14
AFP pre-listing ≥20 ng/mL 1.02 (0.58–1.78) 0.95
AFP-L3 pre-listing ≥35% 3.02 (1.53–5.97) 0.005 2.25 (1.04–4.88) 0.04
AFP-L3 pre-listing ≥15% 1.91 (1.09–3.34) 0.03
DCP pre-listing ≥7.5 ng/mL 2.51 (1.38–4.56) 0.005 2.20 (1.15–4.20) 0.02
Age 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 0.70
Gender 0.46
 Men 1.23 (0.70–2.18)
 Women 1
Race 0.32
 White 1
 Asian/Pacific Islander 0.54 (0.23–1.24)
 African American 1.30 (0.45–3.75)
 Hispanic 1.26 (0.70–2.27)
 Other 0.91 (0.39–2.13)
Etiology 0.64
 HCV 1
 HBV 0.71 (0.33–1.52)
 Alcohol 0.56 (0.17–1.82)
 NASH 0.92 (0.46–1.84)
 Other 0.50 (0.12–2.06)
Number of HCC lesions at listing 0.92 (0.63–1.34) 0.65
Size of largest tumor at listing 1.10 (0.92–1.32) 0.32
Total tumor diameter at listing 1.03 (0.91–1.15) 0.66
Tumor stage beyond Milan criteria 1.82 (1.03–3.22) 0.05 1.62 (0.88–2.97) 0.12
Number of local regional therapy treatments 1.07 (0.94–1.22) 0.35
Time to listing after diagnosis >1 year 2.41 (1.42–4.08) 0.002 2.70 (1.57–4.67) <0.001
MELD-Na at listing 1.10 (1.05–1.15) <0.001 1.08 (1.02–1.16) 0.02
MELD-Na ≥12 at listing 2.39 (1.43–4.00) 0.001
Child-Pugh Score at listing 1.28 (1.14–1.44) 0.002 1.11 (0.94–1.31) 0.23
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio at listing 1.08 (1.02–1.14) 0.05 -