Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariate Cox Regression Analysis of the Factors Affecting MELD Score Improvement

Variable	Univariate*			Multivariate
	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI
Age (>60 years old vs <60 years old)	0.603	1.203	0.6–2.4
Ascites (yes vs no)	0.881	1.056	0.5–2.2
Esophageal Varices (yes vs no)	0.412	0.727	0.3–1.6
HCC or solid cancer (yes vs no)	0.619	1.209	0.6–2.6
At least partial recanalization (yes vs no)	0.043	2.720	1–7.2	0.03	2.62	1.1–6.47

Notes: *The factors with P < 0.05 in univariate analysis were enrolled into the forward stepwise multivariate Cox hazard regression.

Abbreviations: OR, Odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.