Diabetes mellitus impacts risk of macrovascular invasion in patients undergoing transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of post-transplant overall survival

Characteristics	Hazard Ratio	95% Confident Limits		P value
Macrovascular Invasion	4.73	2.72	8.23	<0.0001
DM	1.06	0.69	1.62	0.76
Total Tumor Diameter	0.98	0.94	1.03	0.47
Multinodular	1.23	0.78	1.94	0.37
Age >65	1.18	0.72	1.93	0.51

HR’s were adjusted for BMI (≥30 vs <30) and etiologic risk factors (HCV, HBV, NASH, and alcoholic cirrhosis).

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