Research Article

Alpha-Fetoprotein Ratio Predicts Alpha-Fetoprotein Positive Hepatocellular Cancer Patient Prognosis after Hepatectomy

Table 1

The clinical feature of patients in training cohort and validation cohort.

Training cohortValidation cohort value

Number439440
Age (year)0.420
Gender
 Male374 (85.2)387 (88.0)0.230
 Female65 (14.8)53 (12.0)
Smoking history, (%)
 Yes193 (44.0)203 (46.1)0.792
 No246 (56.0)237 (53.9)
Alcohol history, (%)
 Yes93 (21.2)109 (24.8)0.206
 No346 (78.8)331 (75.2)
HBsAg, (%)
 Positive380 (86.6)371 (84.3)0.346
 Negative59 (13.4)69 (15.7)
Cirrhosis, (%)
 Yes426 (97.0)433 (98.4)0.173
 No13 (3.0)7 (1.6)
Child-Pugh score0.321
Child-Pugh class
 A431 (98.2)437 (99.3)0.128
 B8 (1.8)3 (0.7)
MELD score0.207
ALBI score0.221
TNM stage, (%)0.505
 IA53 (12.1)38 (8.6)
 IB149 (33.4)155 (35.2)
 II160 (36.4)160 (36.4)
 IIIA34 (7.7)36 (8.2)
 IIIB43 (9.8)51 (11.6)
Tumor size (cm)0.950
Differentiation, (%)0.869
 Well-moderate186 (42.4)184 (41.8)
 Poor-undifferentiated253 (57.6)256 (58.2)
Microscopic vascular invasion, (%)0.289
 Yes182 (41.5)198 (45.0)
 No257 (58.5)242 (55.0)
Macroscopic vascular invasion, (%)0.740
 Yes41 (9.3)44 (10.0)
 No388 (90.7)396 (90.0)
Tumor multiplicity, (%)0.296
 Single349 (79.5)362 (82.3)
 Multiple90 (20.5)78 (17.7)
AFP before hepatectomy (ng/μl)0.124
AFP after hepatectomy (ng/μl)0.753
AFP ratio0.892