Table 5.
Factors affecting LTP and OS
| Parameters | LTP | P | OS | 95%CI | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | 95%CI | HR | ||||||
| Lower Higher | Lower Higher | |||||||
| Univariate Cox regression | ||||||||
| Age (> 60 vs ≤ 60) | 0.217 | 0.836 | 2.197 | 1.356 | 2.825 | 1.085 | 7.356 | 0.033 |
| AFP (> 200 vs ≤ 200 ng/mL) | 0.138 | 0.887 | 2.371 | 1.451 | 1.496 | 0.619 | 3.613 | 0.371 |
| Tumor diameter (≥3,< 5 vs < 3 cm) | 2.644 | 1.596 | 4.380 | 0.000 | 2.865 | 1.100 | 7.460 | 0.031 |
| Tumor location (challenging location vs typical location) | 3.399 | 2.065 | 5.593 | 0.000 | 4.604 | 1.759 | 12.050 | 0.002 |
| Number of lesion (single vs 2–3 lesions) | 3.282 | 1.995 | 5.399 | 0.000 | 9.109 | 3.029 | 27.395 | 0.000 |
| Child–Pugh stage (B vs A) | 1.180 | 0.723 | 1.923 | 0.508 | 1.337 | 0.554 | 3.228 | 0.519 |
| Guidance system (CT vs MR) | 0.888 | 0.547 | 1.443 | 0.632 | 0.808 | 0.336 | 1.941 | 0.633 |
| Multivariate Cox regression | ||||||||
| Age (> 60 vs ≤ 60) | 1.006 | 0.606 | 1.672 | 0.980 | 2.337 | 0.846 | 6.454 | 0.101 |
| AFP (> 200 vs ≤ 200 ng/mL) | 1.312 | 0.775 | 2.220 | 0.312 | 0.971 | 0.387 | 2.434 | 0.950 |
| Tumor diameter (≥3,< 5 vs < 3 cm) | 2.869 | 1.621 | 5.081 | 0.000 | 3.388 | 1.100 | 10.431 | 0.033 |
| Tumor location (challenging location vs typical locations) | 2.848 | 1.621 | 5.273 | 0.001 | 2.646 | 0.868 | 8.070 | 0.087 |
| Number of lesion (single vs 2–3 lesions) | 1.890 | 1.053 | 3.391 | 0.033 | 9.287 | 2.649 | 32.567 | 0.000 |
| Child–Pugh stage (B vs A) | 1.429 | 0.816 | 2.505 | 0.212 | 2.393 | 0.843 | 6.789 | 0.111 |
| Guidance system (CT vs MR) | 0.824 | 0.487 | 1.393 | 0.470 | 0.419 | 0.143 | 1.223 | 0.101 |
Note—general anesthesia (GA) and local anesthesia (LA); challenging locations (hepatic dome, close to the heart/diaphragm/hepatic hilum)