Table 4 Adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of post-treatment predictors for HCC, stratified by treatment response.

From: Clinical Efficacy and Post-Treatment Seromarkers Associated with the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Predictors

Patients with SVR

Patients with NSVR

Total (95% CI)

Non-cirrhosis (95% CI)

Total (95% CI)

Non-cirrhosis (95% CI)

Age

1.08 (1.05–1.11)

1.1 (1.06–1.14)

1.07 (1.02–1.13)

1.06 (1.00–1.13)

Gender

 Female

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Male

1.63 (1.03–2.58)

1.91 (1.04–3.51)

1.36 (0.61–3.03)

0.91 (0.29–2.83)

Serum levels of ALT (U/L)

 <45

1.00

1.00

  

 ≥45

0.97 (0.45–2.1)

1.52 (0.52–4.47)

  

Serum levels of AST (U/L)

 <45

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 ≥45

2.47 (1.23–4.98)

1.79 (0.57–5.6)

6.20 (1.78–21.53)

4.11 (1.11–15.17)

Cirrhosis

 No

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes

2.14 (1.30–3.53)

1.01 (0.42–2.44)

 

Platelet count (103/uL)

 ≥200

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

 100–200

1.30 (0.68–2.49)

1.54 (0.70–3.39)

1.00

 

 <100

2.19 (1.00–4.82)

1.92 (0.62–5.99)

5.52 (2.24–13.59)

 

 P for trend

0.0479

0.2225

  

Alpha fetoprotein (ng/mL)

 <5

1.00

1.00

  

 5–10

1.25 (0.72–2.15)

1.35 (0.67–2.72)

  

 10–20

2.42 (1.16–5.08)

4.16 (1.45–11.97)

  

 ≥20

9.58 (3.15–29.14)

8.54 (1.13–64.49)

  

 P for trend

0.0011

0.0053

  
  1. ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; SVR: sustained virological response; NSVR: non-sustained virological response.