The fate of indeterminate liver lesions: What proportion are precursors of hepatocellular carcinoma?

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Log rank test results from Kaplan–Meier estimates of survival

Covariate		Log rank	P value
BMI	Normal BMI versus overweight or obese	0.015	0.903
Smoking status	Non-smoker versus smoker or ex-smoker	3.489	0.062
Smoking status	Non-smoker or ex-smoker versus smoker	2.289	0.130
Alcohol use	14 units or less versus more than 14 units per week	5.275	0.022
Platelet count	Normal range versus below LLN	13.618	< 0.001
ALT	Normal range versus above ULN	0.290	0.590
AST	Normal range versus above ULN	1.477	0.224
ALP	Normal range versus above ULN	0.001	0.976
Albumin	Normal range versus below LLN	0.231	0.631
AFP	Normal range versus above ULN	4.532	0.033
Largest index lesion diameter	Less than 1 cm versus 1 cm or more	0.278	0.598
Largest index lesion diameter	Less than 2 cm versus 2 cm or more	0.137	0.711

P values in bold represent statistically significant values at the 0.05 level
BMI, body mass index; LLN, lower limit of normal; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ULN, upper limit of normal; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; AFP, alphafetoprotein

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