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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 May 31;17(3):551–559.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.05.039

Table 4.

Factors associated with overall survival

Univariate Analysis Multivariable Analysis

Hazard Ratio 95% CI Hazard Ratio 95% CI

Race/Ethnicity
 White Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Hispanic 1.07 0.78 – 1.50 0.83 0.74 – 0.94
 Black 1.34 1.11 – 1.61 1.12 1.10 – 1.14

Type of medical coverage
 Commercial Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Medicare 0.99 0.51 – 1.94 0.87 0.51 – 1.49
 Medicaid 1.51 1.24 – 1.84 0.79 0.73 – 0.85
 Financial Assistance 1.99 1.51 – 2.62 0.96 0.86 – 1.08
 Other 1.20 0.87 – 1.65 0.83 0.80 – 0.87

Child Pugh Class
 Child Pugh A Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Child Pugh B 1.99 1.70 – 2.34 1.52 1.36 – 1.70
 Child Pugh B 3.39 1.50 – 7.64 0.89 0.64 – 1.24

BCLC stage
 Stage 0/A Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Stage B 2.39 2.26 – 2.54 1.79 1.79 – 1.80
 Stage C 6.19 4.38 – 8.74 3.22 2.06 – 5.04
 Stage D 6.39 2.80 – 14.57 4.34 3.45 – 5.45

Treatment
 Liver transplantation Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Resection 3.30 2.47 – 4.41 5.40 3.87 – 7.53
 Local ablation 5.56 5.45 – 5.68 7.98 5.65 – 11.3
 TACE/TARE/SBRT 10.8 7.03 – 16.6 11.10 5.82 – 21.2
 Systemic therapy 31.2 16.2 – 60.3 16.9 12.0 – 23.9
 Best supportive care 47.8 22.8 – 100.3 31.3 17.9 – 54.7

BCLC – Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; SBRT – stereotactic body radiation therapy; TACE – transarterial chemoembolization; TARE – transarterial radioembolization