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Table 4 Predictors of survival in the studied population

From: Hepatic resection versus microwave ablation for the treatment of early hepatocellular carcinoma: a comparative analysis of treatment outcomes and survival predictors

 

Univariate

Multivariate

P value

HR

95% CI

P value

HR

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Gender

Female

0.925

1.045

0.420

2.597

    

Male

Reference

    

Smoking

Yes

0.851

0.908

0.332

2.485

    

Diabetes mellitus

Yes

0.750

0.857

0.332

2.214

    

ECOG status

1

0.080

0.028

0.001

1.530

    

0

Reference

    

Post-ttt portal vein thrombosis

Yes

0.616

0.046

0.000

7887.054

    

Treatment modality

Intraoperative MWA

0.963

1.051

0.129

8.586

    

Percutaneous MWA

0.386

1.503

0.598

3.778

    

Hepatectomy

Reference

    

Post-ttt clinical decompensation

Yes

 < 0.001

14.574

5.773

36.793

 < 0.001

37.74

6.251

227.87

Age

0.645

1.014

0.956

1.076

    

Hemoglobin

0.544

0.927

0.726

1.184

    

Platelets count

0.480

0.997

0.987

1.006

    

Baseline alpha-fetoprotein

0.183

1.000

1.000

1.000

    

Post-ttt alpha-fetoprotein

0.831

0.999

0.991

1.007

    

Child score

0.381

1.344

0.694

2.605

    

Focal lesions number

0.683

1.213

0.480

3.065

    

Response to treatment (mRECIST)

Stationary disease

0.001

9.655

2.569

36.286

0.537

0.543

0.078

3.776

Partial response

0.001

6.082

2.196

16.840

0.186

0.290

0.046

1.816

Complete response

Reference

    

Focal lesion size or size of largest lesion if 2 or multiple

0.517

1.109

0.812

1.515