Preoperative albumin level is a marker of alveolar echinococcosis recurrence after hepatectomy

Table 1 Univariate and multivariate analyses of potential risk factors for alveolar echinococcosis recurrence (Cox regressions)

	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95%CI	P value	HR	95%CI	P value
Leukocytes > 9 g/L	1.572	0.171-14.454	0.690
MCV > 90 fl	0.298	0.034-2.647	0.278
RDW > 14 %	0.444	0.080-2.461	0.353
Thrombocytes > 300 g/L	0.044	0.001-68’792	0.692
CRP > 20 mg/mL	1.061	0.171-6.567	0.949
Hemoglobin > 130 g/L	0.789	0.132-4.738	0.796
Bilirubin > 10 μmol/L	0.242	0.040-1.472	0.124
Albumin > 37.5 g/L	0.078	0.015-0.415	0.003	0.099	0.018-0.530	0.007
R0 resection	0.137	0.027-0.711	0.018	0.182	0.034-0.962	0.045
Lesion size > 5 cm	3.342	0.385-28.998	0.274
PV invasion1	3.564	0.769-16.511	0.104

¹Defined as presence of microscopic invasion of the PV by alveolar echinococcosis on histopathological reports. CRP: C-reactive protein; MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; PV: Portal vein; RDW: Red blood cell distribution width.