Table 9.
Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of variables predicting tumor recurrence after microwave ablation
| Variables | Univariate | Multivariate# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Gender | 0.910 | 1.111 (0.177-6.970) | |||
| Child-Turcotte-Pugh class | 0.033* | 6.750 (1.162-39.200) | 0.999 | – | |
| Pathological grade of tumors | 0.881 | 1.098 (0.322-3.743) | |||
| Sum size of tumors | 0.251 | 1.453 (0.768-2.749) | |||
| Sum number of tumors | 0.515 | 1.308 (0.583-2.933) | |||
| Serum alpha fetoprotein | 0.173 | 1.006 (0.997-1.015) | |||
| ARID1A expression | |||||
| Tumor/Nuclear | 0.031* | 0.125 (0.019-0.823) | 0.999 | – | |
| Tumor/Cytoplasmic | 0.306 | 0.429 (0.085-2.169) | |||
| Peri-tumor/Nuclear$ | – | – | |||
| Peri-tumor/Cytoplasmic | 0.306 | 0.429 (0.085-2.169) | |||
OR – odds ratio, CI – confidence interval, #all variables with p < 0.05 were included in the multivariate analysis, $all cases were positive, *statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05