Elevated Preoperative Serum CA19-9 Levels in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Associated with Poor Prognosis after Resection

Table 1

Univariate analysis of CA19-9 serum level with various clinicopathological features in 304 patients with surgically removed hepatocellular carcinoma.

Variables	CA19-9 serum level (U/mL)		𝑃 value
	>27	≤27
Age			0.2560
>55	72	120
≤55	34	78
Gender			0.8097
Male	85	155
Female	21	43
HBsAg			0.4840
Negative	42	70
Positive	60	123
Anti-HCV			0.2552
Negative	68	143
Positive	34	51
𝛼-fetoprotein (ng/mL)			0.8732
≤200	73	134
>200	25	50
Tumor size (cm)			0.6927
<5	61	78
≥5	45	120
Grade			0.7288
1-2	40	70
3~4	65	128
Vascular invasion			0.9864
No	68	128
Yes	38	69
Multiple			0.5695
No	74	145
Yes	32	52
Stage			0.7495
I	55	97
II~III	51	199