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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2022 Sep 5;28(12):1865–1875. doi: 10.1002/lt.26562

Table 4:

Factors associated with development of HCC in patients with LR-3 or LR-4 observations.

Author Year Patient-level factors Observation-level factors
Tang 2019 Age, per 10-year increase (OR 1.76, 95%CI 1.00–3.07) Diameter >2cm (OR 21.69, 95% CI 5.36–87.74)
Delayed washout (OR 5.34, 95% CI 1.90–15.03)
Ojeda 2021 Male sex (HR: 4.27, 95% CI 1.75-9.27)
Age, per 10-year increase (HR: 1.49, 95% CI 1.03-1.91)
Sofue 2017 Hepatitis C etiology (HR 1.69, 95%CI 1.07–2.75) Threshold growth (HR 3.71, 95% CI 1.51–8.75)
Mild-to-moderate T2 hyperintensity (HR 1.84, 95% CI 1.22–2.76)
Hong 2019 Follow-up duration, per year (OR = 1.77, 95%CI 1.06-2.95)
Arvind 2022 Age >60 years (HR 1.82, 95% CI 1.06-3.13)
Male sex (HR 1.83, 95% CI 1.02-3.30)
AFP >10 ng/mL (HR 3.11, 95% CI 1.80-5.36)
LR-3 diameter ≥1.0 cm (HR 1.86; 95%CI 1.05-3.31)
Agnello 2020 LR3: diameter ≥ 1 cm (OR 6.07; 95%CI 0.12-60.28)
LR4: diameter ≥ 1 cm (OR 8.95, 95%CI 0.73 – 111.8)
Smereka 2020 Viral liver disease etiology (p = 0.01)
Presence of HCC (p = 0.02)
LI-RADS v2017 vs. 2018 (p=0.04)
Mild-to-moderate T2 hyperintensity (p<0.001)
Tang 2017 Male sex
Liver disease etiology
LI-RADS major features (arterial phase hyperenhancement, delayed washout, presence of pseudocapsule)
Interval growth
Lesions visible on US