Prognostic value of preoperative fibrinogen, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, serum alpha-fetoprotein, and prealbumin for patients with primary liver cancer undergoing transarterial chemoembolization

Table 5 Correlation analysis

Parameters	r	P value
Hepatitis C (no/yes: 0/1)	0.207	0.008
Tumor diameter (cm)	0.166	0.035
Number of tumors (no/yes: 0/1)	0.165	0.036
Portal vein thrombosis (no/yes: 0/1)	0.194	0.013
Duration of surgery (minutes)	-0.185	0.018
AFP (ng/mL)	0.842	p < 0.001
AST (U/L)	0.181	0.021
PA (mg/L)	-0.216	0.006
FIB (g/L)	0.201	0.010
NLR	0.191	0.015
F-NLR (0/1/2)	0.266	p < 0.001

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; FIB: Fibrinogen; F-NLR: Fibrinogen and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; NLR: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; PA: Prealbumin.