Clinical Study

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

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of overall survival for clinicopathological parameters.

Clinicopathological features SEExp( )95% CI of Exp( ) value

AFP (<200 ng/mL versus >200 ng/mL)0.350.241.420.89–2.270.1444
CA19-9 (≤27 U/mL versus >27 U/mL)0.550.221.741.13–2.680.0125
Grade (1, 2 versus 3, 4)0.490.231.621.04–2.550.0342
Size (<5 cm versus ≥5 cm)0.580.231.781.14–2.790.0123
Vascular invasion ((−) versus (+))0.530.401.690.77–3.690.1895
Multiple ((−) versus (+))0.610.341.850.94–3.610.0742
Stage (I versus II, III)−0.350.480.710.28–1.810.4732