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Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Apr 30;21(13):3296–3304.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.04.019

Table 2.

Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for variables included in the final HCC prediction model (Texas HCC Risk Index) for ambulatory patients with cirrhosis.

Variable	Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)
Age in years	1.04 (1.02, 1.06)
Gender (ref: female)
Male	1.70 (1.08, 2.65)
Alcohol use (ref: never)
Current heavy	1.32 (0.72, 2.43)
Other alcohol use (past history or current non-heavy)	0.76 (0.51, 1.14)
Smoking (ref: never)
Past or Current	1.32 (0.89, 1.94)
Metabolic traits
Body mass index (kg/m²)	1.02 (1.00, 1.05)
Etiology of liver disease (ref: non-HCV)
HCV (active or cured)	1.72 (1.17, 2.52)
Laboratory data
Serum albumin (g/dL)	0.52 (0.39, 0.69)
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L) log¹⁰	0.75 (0.39, 1.43)
Platelet count (10⁶/mL) log¹⁰	0.30 (0.16, 0.56)
Alpha fetoprotein (ng/mL) log¹⁰	2.54 (1.60, 4.03)