Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of overall survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

Variable	Univariate analyses			Multivariate analyses
	HR	95% CI	p	HR	95% CI	p
CD34	1.01	1.000-1.020	0.049a	1.008	0.997–1.018	0.145
Galectin-3	6.228	2.53–15.32	<0.01a	7.506	3.000–18.779	<0.01a
Age	1.188	0.805–1.752	0.385
Sex	0.873	0.544–1.399	0.572
Tumor size	1.808	1.197–2.732	0.005a	2.019	1.333–3.058	0.001a
Histologic grade	1.408	1.030–1.925	0.032a	1.786	1.280–2.493	0.001a
Liver cirrhosis	1.007	0.590–1.717	0.98
HBsAg status	0.963	0.515–1.801	0.907
Serum	1.24	0.802–1.916	0.333
Alpha fetoprotein
Distant metastasis	1.548	0.846–2.833	0.157

^ap <0.05.