Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of TTR in different Cezanne expressions of HCC patients

From: Cezanne predicts progression and adjuvant TACE response in hepatocellular carcinoma

Variables

 

Low Cezanne expression

 

High Cezanne expression

 

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

 

P -value

P -value

HR

95% CI

P -value

P -value

HR

95% CI

Gender (female versus male)

NS

NS

  

NS

NS

  

Age, years (50 versus >50)

NS

NS

  

NS

NS

  

AFP (ng/ml) (400 versus >400)

NS

NS

  

0.050

NS

  

HBsAg (negative versus positive)

0.018

NS

  

0.007

0.019

0.445

0.226–0.874

GGT (U/l) (50 versus >50)

NS

NS

  

<0.001

NS

  

Liver cirrhosis (no versus yes)

0.001

0.018

1.767

1.104–2.828

NS

NS

  

Tumor size (cm) (5 versus >5)

0.023

0.001

1.843

1.298–2.617

<0.001

0.005

2.218

1.265–3.899

Tumor number (single versus multiple)

NS

NS

  

<0.001

0.023

2.025

1.103–3.718

Satellite nodule (no versus yes)

NS

NS

  

0.003

NS

  

Tumor capsule (no/ incomplete versus complete)

NS

NS

  

NS

NS

  

Tumor differentiation (I–II versus III–IV)

NS

NS

  

NS

NS

  

Vascular invasion (no versus yes)

NS

NS

  

0.002

NS

  

Adjuvant TACE (no versus yes)

0.002

0.002

0.568

0.397–0.812

<0.001

NS

  
  1. Abbreviations: AFP, α-fetoprotein; CI, confidential interval; GGT, γ-glutamyltransferase; HR, hazard ratio; NS, not significant; TACE, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; TTR, time to recurrence