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. 2014 Dec 15;5(1):396–410.

Table 2.

Correlations between clinicopathologic features and prognosis of HCC patients

Characteristics No. of patients No. of events Median survival time (95% CI) Log-rank p

OS DFS
Total 363 229 34.0 (27.4-40.6)
Age (year) 0.157 0.281
    ≤50 187 123 30.0 (23.7-36.3)
    <50 176 106 42.0 (32.5-51.5)
Gender 0.806 0.993
    Female 63 40 38.0 (18.6-57.4)
    Male 300 189 33.0 (25.9-40.1)
Family history 0.834 0.866
    Absent 263 163 35.0 (29.6-40.4)
    Present 81 54 39.0 (21.1-56.9)
    Unknown 19 12
HBsAg 0.996 0.939
    Negative 58 38 20.0 (0.000-41.4)
    Positive 304 190 36.0 (29.5-42.5)
    Unknown 1 1
AFP 0.009 0.007
    Negative 142 79 51.0 (34.0-68.0)
    Positive 215 144 28.0 (21.5-34.5)
    Unknown 6 6
Tumor size (cm) 0.029 0.046
    ≤5 145 86 46.0 (35.6-56.4)
    >5 153 92 24.0 (14.7-33.4)
    Unknown 65 51
Differentiation 0.011 0.011
    I+II 167 89 46.0 (33.36-58.64)
    III+IV 128 89 30.0 (22.52-37.48)
    Unknown 68 51
Tumor capsule 0.001 0.001
    Absent 144 98 26.0 (14.4-37.6)
    Present 146 77 47.0 (30.4-63.6)
    Unknown 73 54
Cirrhosis 0.114 0.044
    Absent 93 50 40.0 (13.3-66.7)
    Present 199 126 33.0 (26.9-39.1)
    Unknown 71 53
Venous invasion 0.041 0.078
    Absent 199 119 39.0 (30.0-48.0)
    Present 77 48 23.0 (16.0-30.0)
    Unknown 87 62
HB history 0.684 0.604
    Absent 148 92 35.0 (27.1-42.9)
    Present 113 65 30.0 (20.3-39.7)
    Unknown 102 72
Tumor number 0.491 0.442
    Solitary 210 123 37.0 (26.3-42.7)
    Multiple 65 41 31.0 (19.2-42.8)
    Unknown 88 65
pTNM stage 0.001 <0.001
    I 70 29 57.0 (33.2-80.8)
    II 152 97 31.0 (23.3-39.9)
    III 24 19 19.0 (0.000-44.3)
    IV 12 11 6.0 (0.000-17.9)
    Unknown 105 73

CI: Confidence interval; OS: Overall survival; DFS: Disease-free survival.