Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors in young patients after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 3 Multivariate analyses of prognostic factors of survival in the younger group

Risk factor	P-value	Hazard ratio	95% CI
HCV-Ab positive	0.0196	59.816	1.927 to 1856.714
Albumin <4.0 g/l	0.0296	6.665	1.207 to 36.813
Maximum size of tumor: ≥5 cm	NS	0.381	0.025 to 5.697
vp2, 3, 4	NS	2.313	0.420 to 12.738
im	NS	14.563	0.951 to 222.939
cirrhosis	NS	1.037	0.149 to 7.200

CI, confidence interval; HCV-Ab, HCV-antibody, im, microscopic intrahepatic metastasis; NS, non-signficant; vp2, tumor thrombus in the second branches of the portal vein; vp3, tumor rhombus in the first branch of the portal vein; vp4, tumor thrombus extension to the trunk or the opposite side branch of the portal vein.

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