Table 5 Kaplan-Meier analysis of the association of AFP-negative and AFP-positive on survival.

From: The prognostic correlation of AFP level at diagnosis with pathological grade, progression, and survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Variable

Total

1-year HCCS

3-year HCCS

5-year HCCS

Log rank χ2 test

P

AFP (surgery not performed)

25340

   

714.746

<0.001

Negative

4913

48.5%

23.5%

14.7%

  

Positive

20427

28.4%

10.6%

6.1%

  

AFP (surgery recommended but not performed)

1277

   

56.788

<0.001

Negative

278

60.6%

24.9%

14.8%

  

Positive

999

34.2%

9.9%

5.5%

  

AFP (surgery performed)

8477

   

140.656

<0.001

Negative

2813

88.6%

67.2%

54.6%

  

Positive

5664

78.6%

52.7%

40.6%

  
  1. Abbreviations: HCSS, hepatocellular carcinoma-specific survival.