Table IV.

Cox regression analysis of IHR after surgery in HCC patients.

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Risk factor	HR (95% CI)	P-value	HR (95% CI)	P-value
ABCB6 mRNA (low vs high)	3.03 (1.22–7.52)	0.017	3.21 (1.10–9.34)	0.033
ABCB6 methylation (low vs high)	0.29 (0.10–0.86)	0.025
Tumor diff. grade (well vs moderate-poor)	3.86 (1.31–11.45)	0.015
Stage of UICC (I vs II–IIIA)	1.81 (0.78–4.19)	0.168
Primary tumor (single vs multiple)	1.43 (0.60–3.39)	0.422

HR, hazard risk. CI, confidential interval. Diff., histological differentiation.