Table 2.

Multivariate Backwards Selection Cox Regression for patients with multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma confined to one lobe (N = l,087)

	Hazard Ratio	Confidence Intervals	p value
Age	1.02	1.01–1.02	0.001
Gender
Female	Reference	Reference	Reference
Male	1.32	1.10–1.58	0.003
Race
Caucasian	Reference	Reference	Reference
African American	1.23	0.99–1.52	0.064
Other	0.79	0.62–1.00	0.054
Hispanic	0.89	0.66–1.20	0.456
Grade
1 (well-differentiated)	Reference	Reference	Reference
2 (moderately differentiated)	1.32	1.06–1.64	0.012
3/4 (poorly differentiated, undifferentiated)	1.53	1.20–1.95	0.0006
Stage
2	Reference	Reference	Reference
3	1.54	1.31–1.81	<0.0001
4	2.27	1.57–3.29	<0.0001

^*Patients with missing variables were excluded from this analysis.

Charlson- Deyo Score failed to stay significant in this model and is not displayed.