Table III.

Association of candidate markers and covariates with HCC

	P value	OR	95% CI
Anti-HCV	<0.0001	15.3	6.55	35.87
HCV RNA	<0.0001	9.6	4.47	20.70
Anti-HBV	0.0062	2.7	1.32	5.38
HBsAg	0.1535	4.9	0.55	42.66
Residency	0.0017	3.0	1.50	5.82
Smoking	0.8370	1.1	0.56	2.04
Date of collection	<0.0001	10.9	4.60	26.02
MALDI A	<0.0001	0.7	0.65	0.83
MALDI B	<0.0001	2.1	1.52	2.78
MALDI C	<0.0001	3.3	1.87	5.89
MALDI D	<0.0001	1.6	1.26	1.93
MALDI E	<0.0001	0.3	0.16	0.55
MALDI F	<0.0001	0.4	0.32	0.58

Univariate logistic regression adjusted for age and gender (n = 150). OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; HBsAg, HBV surface antigen.