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. 2021 Nov 19;11:774117. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.774117

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of risk factors for MVI.

Variables Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR 95%CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Age (≥50 vs <50) 1.067 0.096-11.837 0.958
Sex (male vs female) 0.571 0.118-2.762 0.486
HBV infection 6.761 0.841-54.374 0.072
Alb (>40 vs ≤ 40) 1.712 0.387-7.572 0.479
TBIL (>50 vs ≤ 50) 2.087 0.329-13.235 0.435
DBIL (>6.8 vs ≤ 6.8) 5.270 0.251-110.61 0.285
ALT (>50 vs ≤ 50) 13.122 0.658-261.57 0.092
AST (>40 vs ≤ 40) 0.219 0.017-2.756 0.240
ALP (>125 vs ≤ 125) 1.619 0.174-15.069 0.672
GGT (>50 vs ≤ 50) 1.214 0.206-7.149 0.830
PT (>13 vs ≤ 13) 0.902 0.077-10.608 0.195
INR (per 0.1 increase) 0.208 0.012-3.619 0.281
(>1.0 vs ≤ 1.0)
PLT 1.006 0.995-1.017 0.256
CEA (>5 vs ≤ 5) 0.779 0.129-4.688 0.785
CA-199 (>37 vs ≤ 37) 1.469 0.371-5.820 0.584
Tumor size 0.990 0.953-1.029 0.617
Cirrhosis 0.967 0.086-10.835 0.978
No. of segments involved (single vs two/more) 2.244 0.508-9.519 0.287
Satellite nodules 33.154 2.689-408.79 0.006 13.726 3.144-59.93 <0.001
lymph node metastasis 4.386 0.906-21.247 0.066
Intrahepatic duct dilatation 0.252 0.034-1.882 0.179
Tumor contour (well-defined vs blurry/infiltrative) 7.535 1.267-42.660 0.026 4.992 1.757-14.18 0.003
Arterial rim- enhancement 2.135 0.315-14.443 0.437
Arterial hypo-enhancement 20.298 2.365-174.22 0.006 4.308 1.554-11.94 0.005
Intratumor vascularity 0.814 0.213-3.120 0.764
Hepatic capsular retraction 1.400 0.256-7.662 0.698

MVI, microvascular invasion; HBV, hepatitis B virus; Alb, albumin; TBIL, total bilirubin; DBIL, direct bilirubin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; OR, odds ratios; GGT, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; CI, confidence intervals; PT, prothrombin time; INR, international normalized ratio; PLT, platelets; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-199, cancer antigen 19-9.