Table IV.

Univariate Cox proportional hazards model for hepatocellular carcinoma survival by liver transplantation status.

Variable		No liver transplantation (N=135)			Liver transplantation (N=37)
		Hazard Ratio	95% confidence interval	p-Value	Hazard Ratio	95% confidence interval	p-Value
Child-Pugh class	B vs. A	1.84	1.20–2.82	0.006	0.77	0.15–3.97	0.751
Metastasis	Yes vs. No	2.45	1.42–4.22	0.001	ND	ND	ND
Milan criteria	Outside vs. within	3.04	1.74–5.34	0.0001	0.64	0.12–3.51	0.611
α-fetoprotein (ng/ml)	≥48.0 vs. <48.0	2.17	1.39–3.40	0.0007	2.37	0.53–10.69	0.260
Barcelona clinic liver cancer stage	B, C vs. 0, A	2.72	1.57–4.70	0.0003	1.10	0.25–4.94	0.899
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	≥Median vs. <Median	1.72	1.12–2.64	0.014	0.67	0.15–3.01	0.603