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. 2021 Oct 14;71(5):1247–1255. doi: 10.1007/s00262-021-03082-4

Table 2.

Risk factors for any-grade and grade 3–4 hepatotoxicity development

Any-grade hepatotoxicity Grade 3–4 hepatotoxicity
Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Covariate OR P OR P OR P OR P
(95%CI) (95%CI) (95%CI) (95%CI)
Age (years) 0.834 0.370
 > 52 1.07 0.60
(0.58–1.95) (0.20–1.83)
 ≤ 52 1 1
Gender 0.400 0.233
Male 0.76 0.52
(0.40–1.45) (0.17–1.53)
Female 1 1
Body weight(kg) 0.813 0.848
 > 60 1.08 1.11
(0.59–1.97) (0.38–3.25)
 ≤ 60 1 1
History of alcoholism 0.900 0.997
Yes 0.95 0.00
(0.42–2.17) (0.00–NA)
No 1 1
HTN/DM/CVD 0.858 0.341
Yes 1.08 1.90
(0.45–2.61) (0.51–7.14)
No 1 1
Liver cirrhosis 0.790 0.492 0.043 0.682
Yes 1.17 0.47 4.08 1.88
(0.37–3.62) (0.05–4.13) (1.04–15.93) (0.09–38.43)
No 1 1 1 1
Hepatocellular carcinoma 0.325 0.437 0.036 0.892
Yes 1.70 2.30 4.33 1.23
(0.59–4.92) (0.28–18.83) (1.10–17.00) (0.06–25.438)
No 1 1 1 1
HBsAg status 0.757 0.020 0.007 0.123
Sero-positive 1.11 6.30 4.66 5.80
(0.58–2.13) (1.33–29.80) (1.51–14.32) (0.62–54.20)
Sero-negative 1 1 1 1
HBeAg status 0.134 0.096 0.018 0.080
Sero-positive 3.06 4.15 7.81 6.83
(0.71–13.25) (0.78–22.18) (1.42–42.79) (0.80–58.66)
Sero-negative 1 1 1 1
ECOG performance status 0.237 0.667
 > 1 0.48 0.64
(0.14–1.63) (0.08–5.02)
 ≤ 1 1 1
Lines of treatment 0.464 0.694
 > 2 0.79 1.24
(0.42–1.49) (0.42–3.68)
 ≤ 2 1 1
Liver involvement 0.023 0.030 0.024 0.162
Yes 2.02 2.10 3.91 2.64
(1.10–3.71) (1.08–4.10) (1.20–12.76) (0.68–10.29)
No 1 1 1 1
Antiviral therapy 0.528 0.475 0.016
Yes 0.78 1.55 0.10
(0.36–1.70) (0.47–5.10) (0.014–0.65)
No 1 1 1
Baseline HBV DNA level 0.032 0.012 0.003 0.080
Detectablea 3.41 0.037 2.39 0.181 6.38 0.010 7.49 0.025
(1.08–10.76) (0.67–8.53) (1.57–25.98) (1.28–43.72)
Unknown 2.63 0.015 8.09 0.005 0.71 0.615 1.60 0.668
(1.21–5.71) (1.87–34.93) (0.19–2.70) (0.19–13.61)
Undetectable 1 1 1 1
Treatment modality 0.143 0.241 0.312 0.515
Combined therapy 1.60 1.49 1.75 1.51
(0.85–2.98) (0.77–2.88) (0.59–5.20) (0.44–5.25)
Monotherapy 1 1 1 1

aHBV DNA < 10 IU/mL

Abbreviations: OR odd ratio; CI confidence interval; HTN hypertension; DM diabetes mellitus; CVD cardiovascular disease; ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; HBV hepatitis B virus; HBeAg hepatitis B e antigen; HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen