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Published in final edited form as: Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020 Sep 24;46(8):3738–3747. doi: 10.1007/s00261-020-02775-1

Table 3.

Post-treatment measurement associations with overall by reader (time 0 = end of treatment date)

Variable R1 R2
N(#Events) HR (95% CI) p-value N(#Events) HR (95% CI) p-value
PostTx total size 85 (54) 1.15 (1.07–1.24) < 0.001 84 (53) 1.13 (1.05–1.22) 0.002 0.002
L1 PostTx APHE 85 (54) < 0.001 85 (54) 0.001
   Present 32 (25) Ref. 38 (28) Ref.
   Not present 53 (29) 0.36 (0.20–0.63) 47 (26) 0.38 (0.21–0.69)
L1 PostTx WO 85 (54) < 0.001 85 (54) < 0.001
   Present 22 (18) Ref. 30 (23) Ref.
   Not present 63 (36) 0.32 (0.18–0.57) 55 (31) 0.34 (0.19–0.60)
L1 PostTx ESTPT 85 (54) < 0.001 85 (54) 0.002
   Not present 57 (32) Ref. 51 (29) Ref.
   Present 28 (22) 2.78 (1.61–4.78) 34 (25) 2.43 (1.37–4.30)
L1 PostTx LR-TR category 85 (54) 0.001 84 (53) 0.003
   Non-viable 51 (28) Ref. 36 (18) Ref.
   Equivocal 8 (5) 2.47 (0.92–6.61) 13 (6) 1.40 (0.55–3.62)
   Viable 26 (21) 3.08 (1.68–5.63) 35 (29) 2.81 (1.54–5.15)
L2 PostTx LR-TR category 14 (8) 0.38 14 (8) 0.76
   Non-viable 8 (4) Ref. 9 (5) Ref.
   Equivocal 3 (2) 1.55 (0.25–9.74) 0.00 (0.00–.)
   Viable 3 (2) 3.99 (0.58–27.59) 4 (3) 1.77 (0.38–8.17)
Summary PostTx LR-TR category 85 (54) 0.002 84 (53) 0.006
   Non-viable 50 (27) Ref. 37 (19) Ref.
   Equivocal 9 (6) 1.78 (0.73–4.38) 13 (6) 1.32 (0.52–3.39)
   Viable 26 (21) 2.98 (1.64–5.45) 34 (28) 2.57 (1.41–4.67)

Abbreviations: APHE, nonrim-like enhancement in the arterial phase; ESTPT, enhancement similar to pre-treatment; HR, Hazard Ratio; Tx, treatment; L1, lesion 1; L2, lesion 2; LR-TR, LI-RADS treatment response; WO, washout