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. 2020 Feb 7;28(1):75–94. doi: 10.3727/096504019X15662966719585

Table 2.

Comparison of Complete Response (CR) Among/Between Subgroups Divided by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Parameters N Not CR CR p Value
Age 0.086
 >60 years (n/%) 122 100 (82.0) 22 (18.0)
 <60 years (n/%) 153 112 (73.2) 41 (26.8)
Gender 0.501
 Male (n/%) 228 174 (76.3) 54 (23.7)
 Female (n/%) 47 38 (80.9) 9 (19.1)
History of HB 0.069
 Yes (n/%) 228 171(75.0) 57 (25.0)
 No (n/%) 47 41 (87.2) 6 (12.8)
History of alcohol use 0.726
 Yes (n/%) 130 99 (76.2) 31 (23.8)
 No (n/%) 145 113 (77.9) 32 (22.1)
History of cirrhosis 0.128
 Yes (n/%) 165 122 (73.9) 43 (26.1)
 No (n/%) 110 90 (81.8) 20 (18.2)
Tumor distribution 0.114
 Multifocal disease (n/%) 180 144 (80.0) 36 (20.0)
 Unifocal disease (n/%) 95 68 (71.6) 27 (28.4)
Tumor location 0.246
 Left liver (n/%) 42 29 (69.0) 13 (31.0)
 Right liver (n/%) 144 110 (76.4) 34 (23.6)
 Bilobar (n/%) 89 73 (82.0) 16 (18.0)
Largest nodule size 0.004
 ≥5 cm (n/%) 135 114 (84.4) 21 (15.6)
 <5 cm (n/%) 140 98 (70.0) 42 (30.0)
Portal vein invasion <0.001
 Yes (n/%) 82 76 (92.7) 6 (7.3)
 No (n/%) 193 136 (70.5) 57 (29.5)
Hepatic vein invasion 0.060
 Yes (n/%) 37 33 (89.2) 4 (10.8)
 No (n/%) 238 179 (75.2) 59 (24.8)
ECOG performance status 0.125
 0 (n/%) 172 128 (74.4) 44 (25.6)
 1 (n/%) 83 66 (79.5) 17 (20.5)
 2 (n/%) 14 12 (85.7) 2 (14.3)
 3 (n/%) 6 6 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Child–Pugh stage 0.147
 A (n/%) 228 172 (75.4) 56 (24.6)
 B (n/%) 45 38 (84.4) 7 (15.6)
 C (n/%) 2 2 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
BCLC stage 0.019
 0 (n/%) 1 1 (100) 0 (0)
 A (n/%) 67 43 (64.2) 24 (35.8)
 B (n/%) 108 87 (80.6) 21 (19.4)
 C (n/%) 98 80 (81.6) 18 (18.4)
 D (n/%) 1 1 (100) 0 (0)
Cycles of DEB-TACE treatment 0.999
 One cycle (n/%) 227 175 (77.1) 52 (22.9)
 Two or more cycles (n/%) 48 37 (77.1) 11 (22.9)
Previous cTACE treatment 0.390
 Yes (n/%) 118 124 (79.0) 33 (21.0)
 No (n/%) 157 88 (74.6) 30 (25.4)
Previous surgery 0.636
 Yes (n/%) 68 51 (75.0) 17 (25.0)
 No (n/%) 207 161 (77.8) 46 (22.2)
Previous systematic chemotherapy 0.389
 Yes (n/%) 8 5 (62.5) 3 (37.5)
 No (n/%) 267 207 (77.5) 60 (22.5)
Previous radiofrequency ablation 0.167
 Yes (n/%) 36 31 (86.1) 5 (13.9)
 No (n/%) 239 181 (75.7) 58 (24.3)
Previous targeted therapy 1.000
 Yes (n/%) 8 6 (75.0) 2 (25.0)
 No (n/%) 267 206 (77.2) 61 (22.8)
Combination of ordinary embolization agent 0.078
 Yes (n/%) 100 83 (83.0) 17 (17.0)
 No (n/%) 175 129 (73.7) 46 (26.3)

Data are presented as count (%). Comparison between two groups was determined by chi-square test. A value of p < 0.05 was considered significant.