Predictive value of quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after ablation

Table 4 Multiple factor analysis of the relationship between contrast-enhanced ultrasound quantitative parameters, expression levels of endothelin-1 and basic fibroblast growth factor, and hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after ablation

Parameters	β	SE	Wald	P-value	OR	95%CI
						Lower limit	Upper limit
Low level of tRT	-0.207	0.062	5.326	0.037	0.813	0.720	0.918
Low level of tPI	-0.076	0.007	7.392	0.006	0.927	0.914	0.940
Low level of tTTP	-0.312	0.008	5.892	0.019	0.732	0.721	0.744
High level of bFGF	0.071	0.029	4.872	0.011	1.074	1.015	1.137
Low level of pRT	-0.091	0.091	5.322	0.137	0.913	0.764	1.091
Low level of pTTP	-0.057	0.032	4.352	0.086	0.945	0.888	1.006
Low level of t-pTTP	-0.066	0.042	4.892	0.136	0.936	0.862	1.016
Low level of t-pPI	-0.013	0.032	3.842	0.187	0.987	0.927	1.051
High level of ET-1	0.031	0.032	5.762	0.879	1.032	0.969	1.099

ET-1: Endothelin-1; bFGF: Basic fibroblast growth factor; tRT: Tumor rise time; tTTP: Tumor time to peak; pTTP: Parenchymal time to peak; tPI: Tumor peak intensity; p-tTTP: Parenchymal-tumor time to peak.