Preoperative predictors of short-term survival after hepatectomy for multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 3 Area under the receiver operating characteristics curves and cut-off points

Test variable(s)	Area	SE	Asym-ptotic Sig	Lower bound	Upper bound	Cut-off point 11	Cut-off point 22
TBIL	0.694	0.054	0.001	0.588	0.801	17.25	17.1
Prealbumin	0.817	0.043	< 0.001	0.099	0.266	170	170
AST	0.707	0.048	0.001	0.613	0.802	41.8	38
ALP	0.695	0.056	0.001	0.586	0.804	119.5	129
GGT	0.792	0.040	< 0.001	0.714	0.870	75.5	64
AFU	0.615	0.064	0.058	0.489	0.740	36	40
Total tumor size	0.693	0.057	0.001	0.581	0.805	8.1	8
AFP	0.626	0.050	0.037	0.528	0.725	32.6	20
PLT	0.721	0.058	< 0.001	0.166	0.393	92.5	100
Largest tumor size	0.597	0.064	0.089	0.472	0.722	5.9	6

¹The actual results defined by the ROC curves;

²The values adopted for multivariate analysis. AFP: α fetoprotein; TBIL: Total bilirubin; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; PLT: Platelet; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; AFU: α fucosidase; GGT: γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; Sig: Significance.