Table 3.

Multiple forward stepwise logistic regression analysis of clinicopathological features

Variables	SE	Wald	HR	95% CI for HR	P-value
Hypertension (presence vs absence)	0.817	16.451	0.036	0.01–0.18	<0.001*
Liver cirrhosis (presence vs absence)	0.384	18.142	0.195	0.09–0.41	<0.001*
Tumor size (≤5 vs >5 cm)	0.380	19.516	0.187	0.09–0.39	<0.001*
TB (≤18.8 vs >18.8 µmol/L)	0.314	9.866	0.373	0.20–0.69	0.002*
Ascites (presence vs absence)	0.393	27.499	0.127	0.06–0.28	<0.001*

Note:

^*P<0.05.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; SE, standard error; TB, total bilirubin.