Refusal of Cancer-Directed Surgery Strongly Impairs Survival of Patients with Localized Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with refusal of cancer-directed surgery in patients with localized HCC.

Characteristics	Group	OR	95% Cl	𝑃-value
Age	<60	1.00
	≥60	2.901	1.921–4.383	<.001
Gender	Female	1.00
	Male	1.445	0.961–2.173	.077
Ethnicity	White	1.00
	Black	1.836	1.065–3.168	.029
	Others	1.172	0.791–1.735	.429
Marital status	Married	1.00
	Widowed	2.395	1.438–3.990	.001
	Divorced/separated	1.947	1.110–3.417	.020
	Singled	1.199	0.664–2.165	.548
	Other	3.128	1.466–6.677	.003
Grade	Low grade	1.00
	High grade	1.552	0.733–3.284	.250
	Unknown	4.432	2.983–6.586	<.001
Tumor size	<5 cm	1.00		.017
	≥5 cm	4.036	1.277–12.755
	Unknown	3.595	1.443–8.957
Year of diagnosis	1985–1994	1.00
	1995–2004	0.859	0.530–1.393	.538

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.