Table 3. Univariate and multivariate analysis for predictors of DFS in 237 HCC patients.

Variables	DFS
	Univariate	Multivariate
	P-value	HR	95%CI	P-value
Gender (Female vs Male)	0.932	1.493	0.840-2.653	0.172
Age/year (≤ 50 ys vs > 50 ys)	0.206	1.494	1.035-2.156	0.032*
HBsAg (Negative vs Positive)	0.306	1.599	0.956-2.674	0.073
AFP (ng/mL) (≤ 400 vs > 400)	0.000**	1.898	1.244-2.894	0.003**
Number of tumors (Single vs Multiple)	0.000**	2.086	1.116-3.900	0.021*
Tumor size d/cm (≤ 3 vs 3-5 vs > 5)	0.002**	1.538	1.196-1.978	0.001**
Edmondson-Steiner grade (I vs II vs III-IV)	0.033*	1.601	0.806-3.182	0.179
PVTT (Present vs Absent)	0.034*	0.911	0.515-1.613	0.750
TNM (I vs II vs III-IV)	0.000**	1.064	0.611-1.854	0.827
GSTP1 (Low vs High)	0.049*	0.859	0.602-1.226	0.403

Abbreviations: HR, hazard radio; CI, confidence interval.

^*P<0.05, ^**P<0.01, have statistical significance.