Table 2.

Multivariate Cox regression analysis for disease-free survival in 86 HCC patients

Variables	HR (95% CI)	p
Age (≥51 years vs <51 years)	0.762 (0.683-2.701)	0.383
Gender (female vs male)	0.525 (0.612-2.905)	0.469
HBV (positive vs negative)	0.078 (0.365-2.129)	0.780
AFP (≥100 ng/ml vs <100 ng/ml)	0.884 (0.553-5.397)	0.347
Tumor number (n ≥ 2 vs n < 2)	5.132 (1.119-4.727)	0.023
Tumor size (≥5 cm vs <5 cm)	0.497 (0.392-1.554)	0.481
Tumor grade (2,3 vs 1)	0.251 (0.571-2.574)	0.616
Portal vein invasion (yes vs no)	2.824 (0.901-3.872)	0.093
miR-182expression (high vs low)	4.560 (1.073-5.201)	0.033
MTSS1 (negative vs positive)	3.109 (0.225-1.082)	0.078