Table 3.

Proportional hazards model to identify independent predictors of survival and to compare hepatocellular carcinoma patient data in this study to the data of patients in the original SNACOR study [7]

	SNACOR parameters		Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P-value
This study	Tumour size	≥5 cm vs. < 5 cm	2.51 (1.88–3.36)	< 0.001
	Tumour number	≥4 vs. < 4	1.28 (0.93–1.75)	0.127
	Baseline AFP level	≥400 ng/ml vs. < 400 ng/ml	1.76 (1.28–2.43)	< 0.001
	Child-Pugh class	A vs. B	1.56 (1.16–2.12)	0.004
	Objective radiological response	CR + PR vs. SD + PD	0.97 (0.73–1.28)	0.821
Original SNACOR study	Tumour size	≥5 cm vs. < 5 cm	1.29 (0.95–0.17)	0.100
	Tumour number	≥4 vs. < 4	1.68 (1.24–2.28)	0.001
	Baseline AFP level	≥400 ng/ml vs. < 400 ng/ml	2.09 (1.55–2.82)	< 0.001
	Child-Pugh class	A vs. B	1.44 (0.96–2.14)	0.074
	Objective radiological response	CR + PR vs. SD + PD	2.24 (1.65–3.03)	< 0.001