Type of Necrosis Influences Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma After the First Transarterial Chemoembolization

10 May 2021: Clinical Research

Zhi-Juan Wu ^1BCDE , Yin-Fa Xie ^2B , Xu Chang ^2BCD , Lin Zhang ^2AE* , Hui-Yong Wu ^2B , Ji-Bing Liu ^2B , Jian-Xin Zhang ^2C , Peng Sun ^2C

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.929884

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929884

Table 6 Logistic regression analysis for factors affecting the type of necrosis.

	r	OR	OR 95% CI	P value
Tumor location	−0.137	0.872	0.418–1.819	0.715
Tumor diameter	−0.653	0.521	0.268–1.010	0.54
Pseudocapsule	0.155	1.167	0.570–2.392	0.672
Portal vein tumor thrombus	−0.622	0.141	0.235–1.228	0.141
Liver cirrhosis	−0.006	0.994	0.513–1.927	0.987
Arteriovenous fistula	−0.140	0.870	0.378–1.999	0.742
Hepatitis	0.305	1.357	0.518–3.554	0.534
Alpha-fetoprotein	0.436	1.547	0.784–3.053	0.209
Gender	1.069	2.913	0.939–9.029	0.064
Age	0.523	1.687	0.846–3.367	0.138
Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging	−0.171	0.842	0.296–2.396	0.748
CI – confidence interval; OR – odds ratio; r – correlation coefficient.