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. 2021 Mar 25;8:167–176. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S298538

Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Overall Survival and Progression-Free Survival

Variables Overall Survival Progression-Free Survival
Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P value HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Age (years), (≤/>50) 0.767 0.495–1.190 0.237 0.736 0.533–1.016 0.062
Gender, (female/male) 0.889 0.469–1.684 0.719 0.935 0.570–1.532 0.788
Hepatitis B, (no/yes) 1.454 0.669–3.159 0.334 0.919 0.538–1.570 0.757
HBV-DNA, (≤/>10E3) 1.854 1.152–2.984 0.011 1.271 0.909–1.778 0.161
Liver cirrhosis (no/yes) 1.032 0.656–1.624 0.892 0.790 0.568–1.099 0.162
NLR, (≤/>3) 0.991 0.638–1.539 0.967 1.030 0.746–1.423 0.855
PLT (10E9/L), (≤/>100) 1.092 0.441–2.707 0.849 1.500 0.735–3.061 0.265
ALT (U/L), (≤/>50) 1.192 0.769–1.849 0.433 1.005 0.728–1.388 0.975
AST(U/L), (≤/>50) 2.283 1.403–3.713 0.001 2.210 1.345–3.630 0.002 1.133 0.816–1.575 0.456
AFP (ng/mL), (≤/>400) 2.149 1.322–3.492 0.002 1.920 1.158–3.182 0.011 1.759 1.252–2.471 0.001 1.753 1.248–2.463 0.001
DCP, (mAU/mL), (≤/>400) 2.271 1.165–4.427 0.016 1.439 0.942–2.200 0.093
Child–Pugh score (5/6) 1.502 0.887–2.545 0.130 1.102 0.716–1.696 0.659
BCLC (B/C) 2.174 1.302–3.631 0.003 1.311 0.932–1.845 0.120
Tumor size (cm), (≤/>10) 1.785 1.136–2.804 0.012 1.257 0.907–1.742 0.169
Tumor number (1/>1) 1.239 0.695–2.209 0.467 1.168 0.778–1.754 0.455
Tumor distribution (uni-/bi-lobar) 1.156 0.743–1.798 0.519 1.200 0.867–1.660 0.271
Tumor thrombusa
Absent
Vp 1–3 1.607 0.969–2.666 0.066 1.433 0.848–2.421 0.179 1.200 0.847–1.699 0.305
Vp 4 3.087 1.641–5.807 <0.001 2.627 1.392–4.957 0.003 1.243 0.748–2.067 0.401
Extrahepatic metastasis (no/yes) 2.023 1.258–3.255 0.004 1.658 1.148–2.397 0.007
Anti-PD-1 combined (no/yes) 0.557 0.343–0.907 0.018 0.518 0.314–0.854 0.010 0.615 0.433–0.872 0.006 0.617 0.435–0.876 0.007

Note: aTumor thrombus classification according to management of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan.

Abbreviations: PD-1, programmed death protein 1; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; HBV, hepatitis B virus; NLR, neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio; PLT, blood platelet; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; DCP, des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.