Single medium-sized hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sequential conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) and microwave ablation at 4 weeks versus cTACE alone: a propensity score

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of tumor progression using the Cox regression model

Variable	p	HR	95% CI for HR
Variable	p	HR	Lower	Upper
Intervention	0.012	0.28	0.1	0.76
Age	0.109	0.97	0.94	1.01
Sex	0.071	0.42	0.16	1.08
HBV	0.187	0.59	0.26	1.3
HCV	0.107	0.17	0.02	1.46
AFP	0.398	1.42	0.63	3.21
CP	0.26	1.97	0.61	6.37
Tumor size	0.045	1.71	1.01	2.89
Portal hypertension	0.149	2.33	0.74	7.36
PLT (×10⁹/L)	0.785	1	0.99	1.01
TBIL	0.804	0.99	0.93	1.05
CRE	0.215	1.02	0.99	1.06
INR	0.578	0.32	0.01	17.02

Abbreviations: HBV hepatic B virus, HCV hepatic C virus, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, CP Child-Pugh Classification, PLT platelet, TBIL total bilirubin, CRE creatinine, INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio

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