Table 4. Stepwise multivariate Cox proportional hazard model for independent predictors for postoperative survival.

Factors	HR	95% CI	P
Disease-free survival
High EphrinA5S expression	0.420	0.241–0.732	0.002
Age >55 years	1.441	1.093–1.900	0.010
HBsAg positive	0.391	0.227–0.672	0.001
Tumor size >3 cm in diameter	1.750	1.031–2.971	0.038
AFP>10 ng/mL	2.372	1.319–4.266	0.004
Alb 4 g/L	0.398	0.240–0.660	<0.001
Overall survival
High EphrinA5S expression	0.342	1.014–1.023	0.045
HBsAg positive	0.278	0.093–0.830	0.022

HR: Hazard Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval.