Table 4.
Uni- and multivariate analyses of prognostic factors for overall survival
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | 95 % CI | P value | HR | 95 % CI | P value | |
| Sex (male vs female) | 1.030 | 0.581–1.823 | 0.921 | |||
| Age (> 60 vs ≤ 60 years) | 1.426 | 0.926–2.196 | 0.107 | |||
| HBV (positive vs negative) | 0.873 | 0.569–1.339 | 0.533 | |||
| HCV (positive vs negative) | 1.132 | 0.743–1.724 | 0.565 | |||
| Albumin (< 4 vs ≥ 4 g/dl) | 1.826 | 1.204–2.770 | 0.005a | 1.565 | 1.000–2.452 | 0.050a |
| AFP (> 10 vs ≤ 10 ng/ml) | 1.668 | 1.090–2.553 | 0.018a | 1.416 | 0.899–2.227 | 0.133 |
| PIVKAII (> 40 vs ≤ 40 mAU/ml) | 1.570 | 1.002–2.459 | 0.049a | 1.445 | 0.867–2.408 | 0.157 |
| Tumor number (multiple vs one) | 1.824 | 1.134–2.932 | 0.013a | 1.931 | 1.170–3.186 | 0.010a |
| Tumor size (> 5 vs ≤ 5 cm) | 2.110 | 1.384–3.218 | 0.001a | 1.854 | 1.114–3.085 | 0.017a |
| Vascular invasion (positive vs. negative) | 2.630 | 1.645–4.205 | < 0.001a | 2.291 | 1.340–3.915 | 0.002a |
| Differentiation (poor vs well-moderate) | 1.361 | 0.826–2.241 | 0.226 | |||
| Non-cancerous liver (cirrhosis vs. no cirrhosis) | 1.721 | 1.130–2.623 | 0.012a | 1.755 | 1.116–2.761 | 0.014a |
| Wnt5a−ROR2− | ||||||
| vs Wnt5a−ROR2+ | 1.249 | 0.790–1.974 | 0.339 | 1.264 | 0.770–2.077 | 0.353 |
| vs Wnt5a+ROR2− | 2.258 | 0.877–9.310 | 0.081 | 2.869 | 0.855–9.624 | 0.087 |
| vs Wnt5a+ROR2+ | 2.028 | 1.049–3.918 | 0.035a | 2.058 | 1.013–4.180 | 0.045a |
HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, NBNC non-hepatitis B virus and non-hepatitis C virus, AFP α-fetoprotein, PIVKAII protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist II
aP < 0.05