Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in end-stage renal disease patients: Two decades of experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Table 5 Univariate and multiple forward stepwise logistic regression analysis of clinicopathological features in 1224 HCC patients after hepatectomy between ESRD and non-ESRD groups.

	Univariate analysis P	Multivariate logisticregression analysis P
Associate disease	0.001	NS
Presence of physical findings	0.002	NS
Positive HBsAg	0.002	NS
Positive anti-HCV Ab	0.002	NS
Platelet<150 000/mL	0.011	NS
Hb<10 g/dL	0.0001	NS
BUN>30 mg/dL	0.0001	0.0001
Cr>1.5 mg/dL	0.0001	0.002
AFP>400 ng/L	0.003	NS
Tumor size<5 cm	0.018	NS
Hospital stay>21 d	0.035	NS
Complication	0.005	NS

HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV: hepatitis C virus; Ab: antibody; Hb: hemoglobin; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; AFP: α-fetoprotein.