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Adjuvant Iodine131 Lipiodol after Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 4

Results of multivariate Cox regression for OS and DFS.

Patient characteristic (OS)Multivariate Cox
regression value
Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Multifocality0.0023.5 (1.6–7.6)
Microvascular invasion0.012.3 (1.2–4.4)
Differentiation0.0022.2 (1.3–3.7)
AJCC stage0.721.1 (0.77–1.5)
Ethnicity 0.440.82 (0.5–1.4)

Patient characteristic (DFS)Multivariate Cox
regression value
Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Multifocality0.171.6 (0.82–3.1)
Microvascular invasion0.491.2 (0.71–2.1)
Differentiation0.171.3 (0.89–1.9)
AJCC stage0.071.3 (0.97–1.7)