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Table 2 Prediction of survival and recurrence of patients with a single nodule of SHCC following curative resection

From: Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts recurrence of patients with single-nodule small hepatocellular carcinoma following curative resection: a retrospective report

Factors

OS

TTR

Univariate multivariate

Univariate multivariate

P

HR (95 % CI)

P

P

HR (95 % CI)

P

Age (≤53 vs >53)

NS

 

NA

0.004

 

NS

AFP(≤20 vs >20)

NS

 

NA

0.043

 

NS

INR (≤1.0 vs >1.0)

0.010

 

NS

NS

 

NA

PLT counts (≤127 vs >127)

0.046

 

NS

NS

 

NA

Neutrophil counts

0.040

0.329 (0.174–0.623)

0.001

NS

 

NA

Vascular invasion (yes vs no)

NS

 

NA

0.001

1.757 (1.110–2.781)

0.016

Tumor size (≤3.0 vs >3.0)

0.040

 

NS

<0.001

 

NS

Postoperative TACE (yes vs no)

0.001

2.566 (1.488–4.424)

0.001

<0.001

2.175 (1.408–3.359)

<0.001

Re-operation (yes vs no)

NS

 

NA

<0.001

9.037 (4.970–16.432)

<0.001

NLR (>2.1 vs ≤2.1)

0.014

3.013 (1.633–5.561)

<0.001

0.002

1.619 (1.057–2.478)

0.027

  1. Univariate analysis Kaplan-Meier method, Multivariate analysis Cox proportional hazards regression model, SHCC small hepatocellular carcinoma, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, INR international normal ratio, PLT platelet, TACE transarterial chemoembolization, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, OS overall survival, TTR time to recurrence, HR hazard ratio, NS not significant, NA not adopted