Research Article

The Significance of Serum CA-125 Elevation in Chinese Patients with Primary Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Multicenter Study

Table 4

Survival rate comparison between Budd-Chiari syndrome patients with different serum CA-125 after interventional treatment.

Increased CA-125 group*Another group*
(>175 U/mL, )(≤175 U/mL, )
Rate95% confidence intervalRate95% confidence interval

Survival rate
 3 months95.6%90.7%–98.9%100%97.4%–100%4.330.037
 6 months95.6%90.7%–98.9%100%97.4%–100%
 12 months95.6%90.7%–98.9%100%97.4%–100%
 24 months95.6%90.7%–98.9%98.8%96.4%–99.9%
Asymptotic survival rate
 3 months95.6%90.8%–99.4%100%97.4%–100%10.630.001
 6 months88.2%80.5%–95.9%99.4%96.8%–99.9%
 12 months83.1%74.3%–91.9%97.0%94.1%–99.8%
 24 months79.8%69.5%–90.1%92.0%86.5%–97.5%

The Budd-Chiari syndrome patients with serum CA-125 5 times higher than the upper limit of normal range (>175 U/mL) were classified into group of increased CA-125; the other patients were classified into another group.