Table 4. Multivariate analysis of epidemiologic and laboratory values for prediction of mortality.

Variables	Hazard ratio	P value	95% confidence interval
VTE	6.49	0.001	2.21	19.1
Gender	3.06	0.022	1.17	7.98
Advanced HCC stage	2.61	0.007	1.29	5.22
PLR	1.56	0.028	1.05	2.33
AST	1.92	<0.001	1.37	2.69

VTE, venous thromboembolism; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; PLR, platelet-lymphocyte ratio; AST, aspartate transaminase.