Association of vascular invasion and tumor differentiation on post-liver transplant outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 2 Predictors of post-liver transplant survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Variable	Hazard ratio	95%CI (lower)	95%CI (upper)	P value
Tumor differentiation
Complete necrosis	Reference
Well-differentiated	1.159	1.027	1.307	0.016
Moderately-differentiated	1.343	1.2089	1.492	< 0.001
Poorly-differentiated	2.346	2.037	2.703	< 0.001
Age (recipient)	1.326	1.249	1.408	< 0.001
Vascular invasion
None	Reference
Microvascular invasion	1.459	1.323	1.607	< 0.001
Macrovascular invasion	2.183	1.798	2.652	< 0.001
Largest tumor size	1.029	1.021	1.037	< 0.001
Creatinine	1.113	1.0729	1.155	< 0.001
Age (donor)	1.063	1.040	1.086	< 0.001
Encephalopathy	1.123	1.0286	1.227	0.01
Recipient’s race
White	Reference
Black	1.153	1.021	1.300	0.02
Asian	0.757	0.644	0.891	0.001
Male gender	1.137	1.038	1.247	0.006
Ascites	1.109	1.018	1.209	0.02