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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 May 30;24(9):2482–2490. doi: 10.1245/s10434-017-5896-1

Table 2.

Predictors of overall survival and recurrence in univariable analysis (N=198)

OS, months, median (95% CI) HR (95% CI) p value 3-year HDFS, n (%) HR (95% CI) p value
Male sex 82.0 (63.0–101.0) 0.184 68 (34) 0.341
Age 1.00 (0.99–1.02) 0.963 0.99 (0.97–1.01) 0.190
Major comorbidity 80.7 (54.9–106.5) 0.531 62 (31) 0.759
Body mass index 0.97 (0.94–1.01) 0.177 0.97 (0.92–1.01) 0.130
Node-positive primary tumor 80.7 (55.2–106.2) 0.947 37 (19) 0.777
Synchronous CRLM 80.7 (51.7–109.8) 0.349 59 (30) 0.648
Multiple metastases 67.6 (57.4–77.8) 0.118 57 (29) 0.066
CEA >200 26.8 ( ) 0.288 0.783
Maximal tumor size 1.08 (1.02–1.15) 0.014 1.02 (0.94–1.11) 0.590
Bilobar disease 72.5 (61.7–83.4) 0.588 45 (23) 0.749
Extrahepatic disease 36.2 (28.6–43.8) 0.003 4 (2) 0.004
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 65.3 (56.3–74.4) 0.003 58 (29) 0.146
Preoperative PVE 75.7 (40.8–110.5) 0.799 8 (4) 0.016
Steatosis 98.9 (62.3–135.5) 0.121 40 (20) 0.561
Sinusoidal dilation 75.3 (54.3–96.3) 0.783 14 (7) 0.464
Steatohepatitis (grade ≥4) 68.1 (30.5–105.6) 0.680 4 (2) 0.871
Tumor total response >75% 108.5 (79.4–137.6) 0.119 22 (11) 0.584
Tumor fibrosis >40% 0.031 15 (8) 0.059
Percentage tumor necrosis 0.99 (0.99–1.01) 0.865 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.899
Percentage fibrosis 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.146 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.192
Percentage tumor mucin 0.98 (0.99–1.01) 0.592 1.00 (0.98–1.01) 0.672
FLR correlation 4.76 (0.01–4347) 0.654 3.12 (0.00–18546) 0.797
FLR homogeneity 18.73 (1.29–271.1) 0.032 70.24 (3.56–1384) 0.005
FLR contrast 0.56 (0.31–1.01) 0.055 0.50 (0.25–1.00) 0.050
FLR energy 3.20 (0.93–11.01) 0.065 6.36 (1.74–23.29) 0.005
FLR entropy 0.20 (0.06–0.72) 0.014 0.16 (0.04–0.72) 0.017
Tumor correlation 5.24 (1.58–17.42) 0.007 6.02 (1.51–24.03) 0.011
Tumor homogeneity 8.47 (1.14–63.10) 0.037 5.23 (0.46–59.44) 0.183
Tumor contrast 0.73 (0.58–0.92) 0.009 0.78 (0.60–1.03) 0.078
Tumor energy 1.81 (0.37–8.84) 0.463 1.31 (0.17–10.24) 0.796
Tumor entropy 5.61 (0.51–61.54) 0.158 0.54 (0.02–16.03) 0.722

OS overall survival, HDFS hepatic disease-free survival, CRLM colorectal liver metastases, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen, PVE portal vein embolization, FLR future liver remnant