Table 4.
Univariate analyses of predictors of recurrence in 70 patients.
| Recurrence (n=24) |
No recurrence (n=46) |
p(log-rank) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | |||
| Histologic differentiation* | |||
| Well/moderate | 18 | 42 | .03 |
| Poor | 5 | 3 | |
| Vascular invasion | |||
| None | 1 | 23 | |
| Microscopic | 13 | 20 | <.0001** |
| Macroscopic | 10 | 3 | |
| Alpha-fetoprotein | |||
| < 1000 ng/ml | 15 | 42 | .0009 |
| ≥ 1000 ng/ml | 9 | 4 | |
| Milan Criteria | |||
| Within Criteria | 3 | 32 | <.0001 |
| Beyond Criteria | 21 | 14 | |
| FAI | |||
| < .27 | 2 | 38 | <.0001 |
| ≥ .27 | 22 | 8 | |
| Multivariate analysis | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | P | |
| FAI | 39.7 (5.3–299.5) | <0.001 | |
| Macroscopic VI | 3.6 (1.5–8.6) | 0.004 | |
*
2 cases with missing histologic differentiation data
**
None/Microscopic vs Macroscopic