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| Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma
as an Entity With a High Rate of Surgical Cure
| table 4. Multivariate Analysis of
Selected Variables on Endpoints in 67 Patients |
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| Variable* |
Recurrence |
Death |
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| Child-Pugh class A vs. B |
0.23 (0.11-0.51), P < .001 |
0.24 (0.10-0.57), P = .001 |
| Early vs. overt HCC |
0.31 (0.15-0.65), P = .002 |
0.26 (0.09-0.73), P = .01 |
| Cancer spread, no vs. yes |
0.40 (0.22-0.74), P = .003 |
0.60 (0.32-1.16), P = .13 |
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* The three variables
significant univariately were included in the multivariate analysis.
Thirteen other variables including age, sex, follow-up time to tumor
detection, platelet count, .gif) -fetoprotein, hepatitis B virus antigen, indocyanine
green retention rate at 15 minutes, hepatectomy procedure, tumor-free
surgical margin, blood loss, capsular formation, cirrhosis, and dysplastic
nodule were not significant univariately.
Values presented are estimated relative risks with
corresponding 95% CIs and P values from two-sided Wald's test
of Cox model estimates. |
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