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. 2018 Aug;7(4):251–269. doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2018.03.14

Table 3. Survival analysis in all patients (n=228).

Variable n Survival rate (%) Univariate, P value Multivariate, hazard ratio (95% CI) P value
3-year 5-year
Age (yr) 0.54
   <66 170 30.1 15.1
   ≥66 58 24.1 8.0
Sex 0.36
   Male 134 31.7 13.5
   Female 94 24.9 14.5
Preoperative CA19-9 (U/mL) 0.043* 0.35
   CA19-9 ≤150 102 36.3 18.2 1
   150< CA19-9 126 23.4 11.3 0.83 (0.56–1.22)
Proximal additional resection 0.001* 0.10
   Not performed 191 32.2 16.1 0.68 (0.43–1.08)
   Performed 37 15.6 5.8 1
LPM 0.000* 0.001*
   LPM ≤10 mm 102 12.8 8.5 1.96 (1.33–2.89)
   LPM >10 mm 126 40.3 18.2 1
Preoperative biliary drainage 0.51
   Not performed 54 39.2 11.0
   Performed 174 25.1 14.3
Bismuth type 0.002* 0.66
   I/II 63 51.5 27.3 0.89 (0.54–1.47)
   III/IV 165 19.1 6.5 1
Type of hepatectomy 0.14 0.55
   Left hepatectomy 120 37.6 19.4 1
   Left trisectionectomy 7 20.0 14.3 1.52 (0.58–4.00)
   Central bisectionectomy 39 19.8 0.0 1.20 (0.50–2.90)
   Right hepatectomy 49 15.2 10.1 1.71 (0.68–4.27)
   Right trisectionectomy 13 21.9 7.7 1.23 (0.37–4.13)
Combined PV and/or HA 0.097 0.98
   Not performed 158 30.7 17.6 1
   Performed 70 22.7 0.0 1.00 (0.66–1.50)
pTa <0.001* <0.001*
   1/2a/2b 58 59.0 34.5 0.18 (0.072–0.44)
   3/4 170 13.2 0.0 1
Lymph node metastasis 0.001* 0.071
   No 144 33.5 18.5 0.69 (0.46–1.03)
   Yes 84 20.0 5.0 1
pStagea <0.001* 0.62
   I/II 42 60.8 39.9 1
   IIIA/IIIB/IIIC/IVA/IVB 186 18.0 3.1 1.29 (0.47–3.55)
Histological grade 0.045* 0.25
   G1 (well) 16 68.6 34.3 1
   G2 (moderately)/G3 (poorly) 212 25.3 12.4 1.66 (0.70-3.91)
Microscopic venous invasion 0.93
   Absent 198 26.5 13.9
   Present 30 34.6 13.7
Microscopic perineural invasion 0.13 0.80
   Absent 108 34.4 16.4 0.95 (0.65–1.40)
   Present 120 18.6 9.3 1
Microscopic liver invasion 0.041* 0.23
   Absent 96 35.0 23.3 0.78 (0.52–1.17)
   Present 132 23.6 6.3 1
Proximal ductal margin <0.001*
   Negative 196 35.8 17.3
   Positive 32 0.0 0.0
Distal ductal margin 0.004*
   Negative 209 29.5 15.0
   Positive 19 15.7 0.0
R <0.001* <0.001*
   0 183 36.3 18.5 0.36 (0.23–0.58)
   1 45 5.4 0.0 1

*, significant difference; a, according to the AJCC TNM classification 8th edition. LPM, length between gross tumor and proximal ductal resection margin; PV, portal vein resection; HA, hepatic artery resection.