Table 2.
Univariate and multivariate analyses of recurrence-freesurvival in HCC patients
| Variables | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
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| HR | 95% CI | P value | HR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age | 1.346 | 0.359-3.457 | 0.201 | |||
| Gender | 1.207 | 0.354-3.386 | 0.125 | |||
| HBV infection | 1.381 | 0.621-3.953 | 0.416 | |||
| Cirrhosis | 2.073 | 0.684-4.001 | 0.073 | |||
| Tumor size | 1.575 | 0.551-3.266 | 0.102 | |||
| TNM stage | 2.918 | 1.611-5.515 | 0.009 | 2.721 | 1.482-4.965 | 0.01 |
| Tumor grade | 1.411 | 0.779-4.308 | 0.041 | 1.332 | 0.698-4.021 | 0.072 |
| Sox3 expression | 2.732 | 1.485-5.464 | 0.009 | 2.441 | 1.298-4.786 | 0.01 |
Abbreviation: HBV, hepatitis B virus; AFP, alpha fetoprotein; TBIL, total bilirubin; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.