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Published in final edited form as: J Transl Sci. 2018 Jun 22;5(3):10.15761/JTS.1000260. doi: 10.15761/JTS.1000260

Table 2.

Regression models on single variables and final models: (A) Linear regression models of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) on single variables. (B) Logistic regression models of C-reactive protein (CRP) (≤10/>10) on single variables. (C) Logistic regression models of Glasgow index (<2/=2) on single variables. (D) Logistic regression model of CRP (≤10/>10) on final model. (E) Logistic regression model of Glasgow index (<2/=2) on final model

	Models on single variables
	(A)				(B)			(C)
Parameter	β	se(β)	p	95% C.I.	OR	p	95% C.I.	OR	p	95% C.I.
MTD (<3/≥3)	0.052	0.018	0.004^*	0.017 to 0.088	3.144	0.002^*	1.529 to 6.463	2.957	0.007^*	1.347 to 6.491
AFP (<20/≥20)	0.013	0.013	0.329	−0.013 to 0.039	2.269	<0.001^*	1.438 to 3.582	2.404	<0.001^*	1.471 to 3.929
Multifocality (Unifocal/Multifocal)	−0.019	0.014	0.173	−0.046 to 0.008	1.436	0.116	0.914 to 2.255	1.878	0.009^*	1.168 to 3.019
PVT (−/+)	0.022	0.014	0.111	−0.005 to 0.050	2.211	0.001^*	1.393 to 3.507	2.032	0.004^*	1.261 to 3.274
	Final Model
					(D)			(E)
Parameter¹					OR	p	95% C.I.	OR	p	95% C.I.
MTD (<3/≥3)					2.860	0.007^*	1.328 to 6.160	2.674	0.024^*	1.142 to 6.261
AFP (<20/≥20)					1.725	0.030^*	1.053 to 2.826	1.765	0.039^*	1.030 to 3.026
Multifocality (Unifocal/Multifocal)					-	-	-	1.563	0.084	0.942 to 2.595
PVT (−/+)					1.785	0.024^*	1.080 to 2.949	1.620	0.081	0.942 to 2.788

β: coefficient; se(β): standard error of coefficient; OR, Odds-Ratio; C.I.: confidence interval; AFP, Alpha-fetoprotein; MTD, Maximum Tumor Diameter; PVT, Portal Vein Thrombosis.

All multiple logistic regression final models were executed on all these variables, included together in the model, and selected with backward stepwise method

p-value<0.05 is significant