Table 2.

Factors associated with HCC by multivariate logistic regression.

Variable	HCC versus CH (n = 107) versus (n = 159)			HCC versus LC (n = 107) versus (n = 99)			HCC versus CH + LC (n = 107) versus (n = 258)
	OR	SE	p	OR	SE	p	OR	SE	P
Gender (Male/female)	19.288	0.995	0.003	5.612	0.844	0.041	14.364	0.906	0.003
Age (years)	1.137	0.032	< 0.0001	1.061	0.030	0.047	1.100	0.024	< 0.0001
HBV DNA (IU/mL, log)	0.656	0.234	0.072	0.619	0.210	0.022	0.672	0.163	0.015
ALT (IU/L)	0.996	0.004	0.243	0.999	0.005	0.767	0.997	0.003	0.303
AST (IU/L)	1.003	0.004	0.421	1.002	0.003	0.570	1.002	0.002	0.388
TBIL (μmol/L)	0.997	0.003	0.330	1.002	0.005	0.687	1.000	0.003	0.979
Albumin (g/L)	0.995	0.061	0.930	0.909	0.043	0.026	0.942	0.038	0.120
PTX3 (ng/mL)	1.639	0.097	< 0.0001	1.671	0.104	< 0.0001	1.617	0.075	< 0.0001
AFP (ng/mL)	1.001	0.0002	0.014	1.003	0.002	0.193	1.001	0.0002	0.002

HBV hepatitis B virus, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, TBIL total bilirubin, PTX3 pentraxin 3, AFP α-fetoprotein, CH chronic hepatitis, LC liver cirrhosis.