Table 2. Univariate and multivariate analyses of overall survival in HCC patients.

Variable	Univariate analyses			Multivariate analyses
	HR	95%CI	P	HR	95%CI	P
CK2α	2.708	1.512–4.850	0.001a	1.971	1.006–3.642	0.03a
Age	1.148	0.647–2.036	0.637
Sex	0.767	0.275–2.137	0.612
Tumor size	1.790	0.929–3.450	0.082
Histological grade	1.520	1.084–2.132	0.015a			0.849
Liver cirrhosis	1.557	0.774–3.132	0.215
HBV	0.922	0.413–2.059	0.843
AFP	1.733	0.975–3.078	0.061
Tumor capsule	0.576	0.322–1.030	0.063
Vascular	1.837	0.930–3.626	0.080
TNM stage	2.535	1.411–4.554	0.002a	2.008	1.094–3.686	0.024a
Distant metastasis	2.666	1.463–4.858	0.001a	2.120	1.144–3.926	0.017a

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; AFP, alfa fetoprotein; TNM, tumor, node, metastasis.

^aP < 0.05.