Table 4.
Comparison between the postoperative complete remission (+) and postoperative complete remission (-) groups
|
|
Category
|
POCR (+)
|
POCR (-)
|
P
value
|
| Age | < 60/≥ 60 | 1/7 | 11/11 | 0.0994 |
| Sex | Male/female | 7/1 | 21/1 | 0.4690 |
| HBV and/or HCV | -/ + | 0/8 | 6/16 | 0.1550 |
| Alb (g/dL) | < 3.7/≥ 3.7 | 5/3 | 10/12 | 0.6817 |
| T-Bil (mg/dL) | ≤ 0.8/> 0.8 | 6/2 | 13/9 | 0.6722 |
| PT (%) | < 90/≥ 90 | 4/4 | 9/13 | 0.6976 |
| ICGR15 (%) | < 15/≥ 15 | 4/4 | 14/8 | 0.6779 |
| AFP (ng/mL) | < 200/> 200 | 4/4 | 12/10 | 1.0000 |
| PIVKA-II | < 100/≥ 100 | 2/6 | 1/21 | 0.1655 |
| Child-pugh class | A/B | 8/0 | 19/3 | 0.5448 |
| Tumor size (cm) | < 10/≥ 10 | 5/3 | 10/12 | 0.6817 |
| Differentiation | wel or mod/por | 5/3 | 12/10 | 1.0000 |
| pN | -/ + | 7/1 | 21/1 | 0.4690 |
| Macrovascular invasion | -/ + | 0/8 | 5/17 | 0.2868 |
| Distant metastasis | -/ + | 8/0 | 19/3 | 0.5448 |
| BCLC stage | B/C | 3/5 | 9/13 | 1.0000 |
| Anatomical hepatectomy | -/ + | 2/6 | 1/21 | 0.1665 |
| Number of tumors in the remnant liver | 1-3/≥ 4 | 7/1 | 5/17 | 0.0025a |
a
P < 0.05. POCR: Postoperative complete remission; PT: Prothrombin time; ICGR15: Indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; PIVKA-II: Protein induced by vitamin K absence/antagonist-II; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.