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. 2009 Jun;11(4):311–320. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00044.x

Table 2.

Univariate analysis

Variables Frequency Overall survival
Disease-free survival
1-year (%) 3-year (%) 5-year (%) P-value 1-year (%) 3-year (%) 5-year (%) P-value
Gender 0.345 0.418
Male 33 62.1 35.1 21.1 46.7 22.3 14.9
Female 11 81.8 46.8 46.8 60.0 30.0 30.0
Age 0.176 0.075
<65 years 25 70.4 49.4 38.4 56.7 36.0 36.0
>65 years 19 61.5 23.5 11.7 40.9 9.1 0.0
Cirrhosis 0.014 0.286
Yes 15 44.0 12.2 0.0 50.0 15.0 0.0
No 29 77.8 48.5 39.7 48.4 27.2 27.2
Child–Pugh score 0.438 0.569
A 35 70.2 37.5 28.5 50.9 26.3 19.7
B 7 51.4 34.3 17.1 40.0 20.0 20.0
Serum αFP-level 0.711 0.486
<400 ng/ml 28 73.2 41.3 25.8 48.8 25.3 19.0
≥400 ng/ml 12 58.3 24.3 24.3 43.6 14.5 14.5
No. of lesions 0.490 0.570
1 23 76.0 31.3 31.3 51.7 26.2 26.2
>1 21 56.1 44.9 24.1 46.8 19.5 0.0
Lobar involvement 0.670 0.658
Unilobar 32 66.8 31.8 27.3 42.8 22.5 22.5
Bilobar 12 64.8 54.0 28.8 66.7 26.7 13.3
Portal vein thrombus 0.157 0.003
Yes 5 20.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
No 39 72.7 40.3 28.3 54.3 26.2 20.9
Rupture 0.123 0.945
Yes 6 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
No 38 66.8 41.7 30.4 51.8 24.9 19.9
Microvascular invasion 0.032 0.038
Yes 27 57.5 22.5 22.5 33.3 13.9 13.9
No 17 80.7 64.5 38.7 71.8 36.5 24.3
Margin involvement 0.565 0.744
Yes 22 51.6 36.1 36.1 39.7 29.8 29.8
No 22 81.1 41.6 22.3 58.7 19.6 13.0
Histology <0.001 0.093
Fibrolamellar 8 87.5 58.3 58.3 50.0 33.3 33.3
Well differentiated 8 83.3 66.7 50.0 66.7 50.0 50.0
Moderately differentiated 21 65.8 32.5 16.2 55.4 10.1 0.0
Poorly differentiated 7 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Surgical modality 0.161 0.775
Resection only 28 77.0 41.1 35.9 49.9 23.3 23.3
Resection and ablation 16 50.0 34.3 12.9 50.0 26.7 0.0
Ethnicity <0.001 0.003
Asians 13 38.5 7.7 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.0
Non-Asians 31 79.3 53.5 42.5 64.2 33.4 26.7