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Table 5 Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) for the relationship between carnitine compounds and clinicopathological aspects of HCC

From: Exploring the prognostic significance of blood carnitine and acylcarnitines in hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

Clinical-pathological aspect of HCC

Pillai’s trace

F-statistic

Significance

Intercept

0.939

47.740b

0.000

Gender

0.274

1.177b

0.315

PVT

0.148

0.542b

0.917

CPC

0.322

1.481b

0.138

BCLC

0.292

1.285b

0.238

NFL

0.237

0.969b

0.505

Gender × PVT

0.000

.b

 

Gender × CPC

0.302

1.347b

0.201

Gender × BCLC

0.000

.b

 

Gender × NFL

0.000

.b

 

PVT × CPC

0.000

.b

 

PVT × BCLC

0.000

.b

 

PVT × NFL

0.139

0.505b

0.939

CPC × BCLC

0.216

0.858b

0.622

CPC × NFL

0.227

0.916b

0.560

BCLC × NFL

0.240

0.982b

0.491

Gender × PVT × CPC

0.000

.b

 

Gender × PVT × BCLC

0.000

.b

 

Gender × PVT × NFL

0.000

.b

 

Gender × CPC × BCLC

0.000

.b

 

Gender × CPC × NFL

0.000

.b

 

Gender × BCLC × NFL

0.000

.b

 

PVT × CPC × BCLC

0.000

.b

 

PVT × CPC × NFL

0.000

.b

 

PVT × BCLC × NFL

0.000

.b

 

CPC × BCLC × NFL

0.270

1.150b

0.336

Gender × PVT × CPC × BCLC

.000

.b

 

Gender × PVT × CPC × NFL

.000

.b

 

Gender × PVT × BCLC × NFL

.000

.b

 

Gender × CPC × BCLC × NFL

.000

.b

 

PVT × CPC × BCLC × NFL

.000

.b

 

Gender × PVT × CPC × BCLC × NFL

.000

.b

 
  1. PVT portal vein thrombosis, CPC Child -Paugh class, BCLC Barcelona cancer liver classification, NFL number of focal lesions. Note: In the table, “a design” indicates that an exact statistical test or specialized analysis was conducted to obtain the reported results. The “b” labels represent exact statistical tests; however, specific details regarding the exact test methods are not provided in the table. Pillai’s trace values, F-statistics, and significance levels (p) are presented for each effect