Clinical Significance and Functional Insights of Tesmin in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 3

Multivariate analysis by Cox regression analysis.

Variables	Hazard ratio	95% CI	value
Lesion number (multiple vs. single)	1.443	0.846–2.460	0.178
Tumor size (≥5.0 cm vs. <5.0 cm)	2.797	1.645–4.754	<0.001
Tumor side (bilateral vs. unilateral)	4.703	2.254–9.814	<0.001
Pathological grade (grade 3 vs. grade 1-2)	0.864	0.517–1.441	0.574
Portal vein invasion (positive vs. negative)	1.485	0.793–2.779	0.216
TNM stage (III/IV vs. I-II)	6.755	3.516–12.978	<0.001
Tesmin expression (high vs. low)	1.939	1.054–3.566	0.033

Note. Statistically significant by Cox regression analysis.