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. 2014 Apr 23;9(4):e95889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095889

Table 3. Univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors of survival for the HCC patients with extrahepatic metastasis.

Variables Hazard Ratio 95% CI P value
Univariate analysis
Sex (Male vs. Female) 1.137 0.630∼2.053 0.669
Age (≤48 vs. >48 years) 1.098 0.681∼1.772 0.701
PS(0∼1 vs. 2∼4) 1.876 0.793∼2.638 0.132
Serum albumin (≤35 vs. >35 g/L) 0.745 0.539∼1.563 0.401
Total bilirubin(≤21 vs. >21 µmol/L) 1.683 0.997∼2.843 0.051
Prothrombin time (≤12.8 vs. >12.8 s) 1.659 1.026∼2.682 0.039
AFP level (≤400 vs. >400 ng/mL) 1.047 0.620∼1.767 0.864
Child–Pugh grade(A vs. B,C) 2.019 1.165∼3.498 0.012
Portal/hepatic vein invasion(Yes vs. No) 1.724 1.016∼2.437 0.042
CLIP Score(0∼3 vs. 4∼6) 1.129 0.768∼2.139 0.568
Site (lymph node vs. others)* 1.671 1.018∼2.703 0.036
Site (bone vs. others)* 0.894 0.507∼1.575 0.697
Site (lung vs. others)* 1.001 0.563∼1.779 0.998
Multivariate analysis
Site (lymph node vs. others)* 1.878 1.025∼3.161 0.040

*Site: site of extrahepatic metastases.