TABLE 1.
Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of OS/DFS and clinicopathological features in HCC patients.
| Overall survival | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR (95%CI) | p-value | HR (95%CI) | p-value | |
| Age (≥60 vs. < 60) | 1.27 (0.9–1.8) | 0.181 | ||
| Gender (male vs. female) | 1.21 (0.85–1.73) | 0.282 | ||
| MELK (high vs. low) | 1.66 (1.17–2.37) | 0.005 | 1.54 (1.05–2.24) | 0.026* |
| T stage (T3–T4 vs. T1–T2) | 2.5 (1.76–3.56) | <0.001 | 2.3 (1.58–3.35) | <0.001* |
| Pathologic stage (III–IV vs. I–II) | 2.41 (1.66–3.49) | <0.001 | 1.21 (0.17–8.82) | 0.849 |
| Histologic grade (III–IV vs. I–II) | 1.14 (0.8–1.63) | 0.47 | ||
| Child–Pugh grade (B–C vs. A) | 1.62 (0.8–3.28) | 0.183 | ||
| Vascular invasion (positive vs. negative) | 1.32 (0.87–2) | 0.188 | ||
| Family history (yes vs. no) | 1.16 (0.81–1.68) | 0.415 | ||
| Disease-free survival | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR (95%CI) | p-value | HR (95%CI) | p-value | |
| Age (≥60 vs. < 60) | 1.04 (0.77–1.4) | 0.817 | ||
| Gender (male vs. female)) | 0.97 (0.7–1.33) | 0.828 | ||
| MELK (high vs. low) | 1.53 (1.13–2.08) | 0.006 | 1.51 (1.05–2.16) | 0.026* |
| T stage (T3–T4 vs. T1–T2) | 2.15 (1.55–2.97) | <0.001 | 0.33 (0.08–1.4) | 0.131 |
| Pathologic stage (III–IV vs. I–II) | 2.18 (1.56–3.05) | <0.001 | 5.82 (1.4–24.16) | 0.015* |
| Histologic grade (III–IV vs. I–II) | 1.19 (0.87–1.62) | 0.273 | ||
| Child–Pugh grade (B-C vs. A) | 1.42 (0.78–2.6) | 0.253 | ||
| Vascular invasion (positive vs. negative) | 1.64 (1.16–2.32) | 0.005 | 1.33 (0.91–1.93) | 0.141 |
| Family history (yes vs. no) | 1 (0.72–1.39) | 0.991 | ||