Hepatocellular carcinoma in Lebanon: Etiology and prognostic factors associated with short-term survival

Table 3 Factors associated with six months survival n (%)

	Survival1
	< 6 mo	> 6 mo	P
Child-Pugh score A	4 (14.3)	14 (35.9)	0.0322
INR < 2	22 (70.9)	43 (93.5)	0.0122
Bilirubin < 3.2 mg/dL	17 (58.6)	35 (83.3)	0.0332
MELD score < 16	37 (90.2)	18 (62.1)	0.0062
Portal vein thrombosis	17 (54.8)	13 (30.9)	0.0352
Tumor < 5 cm or 3 nodules < 3 cm without portal vein thrombosis	3 (10.3)	11 (31.4)	0.0422
Mean creatinine (mg/dL)	1.57 ± 0.89	1.19 ± 0.49	0.0213
Mean INR	1.68 ± 0.47	1.47 ± 0.42	0.0413
Mean MELD score	13.26 ± 8.12	8.12 ± 6.54	0.0053

¹Patients treated curatively by OLT or surgical resection were excluded from this analysis.

²Fischer exact test.

³Mean comparisons by independent sample t-test.