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. 2021 Apr 30;13(9):2160. doi: 10.3390/cancers13092160

Table 2.

Prognostic variables in patients undergoing hepatic resection.

Variables Overall Survival Recurrence
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
p HR (95% CI) p p HR (95% CI) p
Male sex 0.423 0.694
Age > 60 years 0.319 0.047 5.07 (1.67−15.15) 0.004
Cause of liver disease 0.133 0.144
AST > 90 U/L 0.353 0.473
ALT > 60 U/L 0.357 0.595
Child−Pugh class B/C 0.095 1.02 (0.94−1.09) 0.616 0.120
Tumor size > 5 cm <0.001 7.97 (3.13−20.24) <0.001 <0.001 1.81 (0.63−5.18) 0.263
Tumor multiplicity 0.075 1.56 (0.43−5.65) 0.491 0.019 1.85 (0.44−7.71) 0.398
α-fetoprotein 0.317 <0.001 1.54 (0.56−4.23) 0.396
Tumor stage (mUICC) <0.001 2.46 (1.45−4.16) 0.001 <0.001 2.71 (1.48−4.96) 0.001
TERT promoter mutation 0.029 4.24 (1.75−10.26) 0.001 0.162 2.98 (1.01−8.33) 0.048
TERT expression 0.913 0.362
Telomere length 0.446 0.208

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; mUICC, modified Union for International Cancer Control; TERT, telomerase reverse transcriptase.