Table 2.

Linear regression model of MTD (cm), on single variables Glycemia, HDL, Triglycerides, Total Cholesterol, and LDL, all in categories (A). Final Multiple Linear regression model, in stepwise method, of MTD (cm), on Glycemia, HDL, Triglycerides, Total Cholesterol, and LDL, all in categories and included together in the model (B). Abbreviations: β: coefficient; se (β): standard error of coefficient; MTD, Maximum Tumor Diameter; HDL, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; AFP, Alpha-Fetoprotein; F, Female; M, Male

	β	se(β)	p	95% C.I.
(A)
Glycemia (mg/dL)
<100 (Ref. category)	--
≥100	−0.45	0.36	0.21	−1.15 to 0.26
HDL (ng/mL)
[≥50(F)]/[≥40(M)] (Ref. category)	--
[<50(F)]/[<40(M)]	1.49	0.36	<0.001	0.78 to 2.19
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
<150 (Ref. category)	--
≥150	0.24	0.47	0.61	−0.69 to 1.17
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)
<200 (Ref. category)	--
≥200	−0.29	0.48	0.54	−1.25 to 0.66
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)
<160 (Ref. category)	--
≥160	1.55	0.69	0.03	0.19 to 2.90
(B)
HDL (ng/mL)
[≥50(F)]/[≥40(M)] (Ref. category)	--
[<50(F)]/[<40(M)]	1.36	0.36	<0.001	0.65 to 2.07
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)
<200 (Ref. category)	--
≥200	−1.01	0.58	0.08	−2.16 to 0.14
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)
<160 (Ref. category)	--
≥160	2.28	0.83	0.007	0.64 to 3.92