Research Article

Coiled-Coil Domain-Containing Protein 45 Is a Potential Prognostic Biomarker and Is Associated with Immune Cell Enrichment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate survival analyses of clinicopathological variables of HCC patients.

CharacteristicsOverall survival
Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR95% CI valueHR95% CI value

CCDC45 expression14.635(4.424-48.412)<0.00111.413(3.402-38.285)<0.001
 Low vs. high
Age (years)1.318(0.352-1.476)0.371
  ≤50 vs. >50
Gender0.536(0.128-2.249)0.394
 Male vs. female
AJCC stage2.469(1.197-5.092)0.0141.655(0.790-3.466)0.182
 I vs. II-III
HBsAg0.692(0.265-1.806)0.452
 Negative vs. positive
AFP (ng/ml)1.182(0.574-2.436)0.650
  ≤ 400 vs. >400
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)0.930(0.357-2.424)0.882
  ≤20 vs. >20
ALT (U/L)0.867(0.408-1.812)0.711
  ≤ 45 vs. >45
GGT (U/L)0.401(0.164-0.977)0.0440.470(0.184-1.203)0.115
  ≤ 40 vs. >40
Edmondson-Steiner grade4.985(2.274-10.928)< 0.0013.335(1.497-7.428)0.003
 I-II vs. III-IV
Tumor number1.887(0.771-4.621)0.165
 Single vs. multiple
Tumor size (cm)2.103(1.033-4.281)0.0411.183(0.560-2.502)0.660
  ≤ 5 vs. >5