Table V.

Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model^* for hepatocellular carcinoma patients without liver transplantation. Variable No liver transplantation (N=135).

		Adjusted Hazard Ratio	95% confidence interval	p-Value
Child-Pugh class	B vs. A	1.48	0.90–2.43	0.121
Metastasis	Yes vs. No	1.67	0.94–2.95	0.080
Milan criteria	Outside vs. within	1.78	0.93–3.41	0.083
α-fetoprotein (ng/ml)	≥48.0 vs. <48.0	1.70	1.04–2.76	0.033
Barcelona clinic liver cancer stage	B, C vs. 0, A	1.57	0.84–2.95	0.162
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	≥Median vs. <Median	1.39	0.85–2.26	0.190

^*Likelihood ratio test p<0.0001.