Table 2.

Univariate Cox proportional hazard model for predictors of death

Variables	β	HR	95% CI	P-value
Gender (male/female)	−0.279	0.757	0.440–1.300	0.312
Age (≤60/>60, years)	0.101	1.107	0.716–1.710	0.647
Cirrhosis (+/−)	−0.360	0.698	0.324–1.501	0.357
Tumor size (≤5/5, cm)	0.495	1.641	1.089–2.473	0.018
Tumor number (1/≥2)	0.800	2.225	1.549–3.198	<0.001
PVTT	−0.764	0.466	0.314–0.691	<0.001
Child–Pugh (A/B)	0.294	1.341	0.780–2.305	0.288
BCLC (A/B/C)	0.391	1.478	1.211–1.804	<0.001
AFP (≤400/>400, ng/μL)	0.212	1.237	0.862–1.775	0.249
ALT (≤40/>40, U/L)	0.089	1.093	0.762–1.569	0.628
AST (≤40/>40, U/L)	0.454	1.574	1.036–2.391	0.034
ALP (≤150/>150, U/L)	0.583	1.791	1.206–2.660	0.004
GGT (≤50/>50, U/L)	0.443	1.557	1.008–2.405	0.046
PT (<11/11–14.3/>14.3, s)	0.305	1.357	0.953–1.933	0.091
Alb (<34/34–48/>48, g/L)	−0.705	0.494	0.317–0.771	0.002
PA (≤200/>200, mg/L)	−0.531	0.588	0.323–1.071	0.083
ApoA1 (<1.2/1.2–1.6/>1.6, g/L)	−0.230	0.794	0.550–1.148	0.221
HDL-C (≤1.02/>1.02, mmol/L)	−0.157	0.855	0.589–1.242	0.411
ApoB (<0.8/0.8–1.05/>1.05, g/L)	0.295	1.343	1.060–1.701	0.015
LDL-C (<2.07/2.07–3.12/>3.12, mmol/L)	0.180	1.198	0.922–1.556	0.177
TBA (≤9.67/>9.67, μmol/L)	−0.072	0.930	0.637–1.359	0.708

Abbreviations: AFP, α-fetoprotein; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; Alb, albumin; ApoA1, apolipoprotein A1; ApoB, apolipoprotein B; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; GGT, g-glutamyl transpeptidase; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PA, prealbumin; PT, prothrombin time; PVTT, portal vein tumor thrombus; TBA, total bile acid.