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Table 7 Comparison between the patients with HCC and those without HCC in the 94 patients with NVR of past IFN treatment

From: PNPLA3 I148M associations with liver carcinogenesis in Japanese chronic hepatitis C patients

 

Patients with HCC

Patients without HCC

Comparison between patients with HCC and those without HCC

Multiple regression analysis for factors associated with HCC development

(n = 17)

(n = 77)

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

p

Age (yrs)

69.6±9.3

58.9±10.0

P = 0.0001

1.19 (1.08 - 1.32)

p = 0.0007

Gender (male/female)

9/8

47/30

NS

 

NS

BMI (kg/m2)

23.2±3.8

22.9±3.3

NS

  

PNPLA3 (GG/CC・CG)

6/11

13/64

P = 0.0871

3.95 (1.00 - 15.61)

p = 0.0497

AST (IU/L)

56.35±25.5

55.3±52.3

NS

  

ALT (IU/L)

51.1±38.6

63.0±80.0

NS

  

γ-GTP (IU/L)

44.8±20.6

63.1±100.8

NS

  

Albumin (g/dL)

3.5±1.0

4.3±0.4

p < 0.0001

  

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.9±0.5

0.9±1.1

NS

  

Platelet count (x104/μL)

10.1±4.1

14.9±5.4

P = 0.0008

  

Prothrombin time (%)

88.0±14.2

98.4±17.3

P = 0.0295

  

Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL)

402.2±316.9

153.1±186.6

P = 0.0002

  

α-fetoprotein (ng/mL)

23.2±20.6

9.8±12.1

P = 0.0005

  

PIVKA-II(mAU/mL)

28.0±19.4

20.2±8.9

P = 0.0134

  

HCV genotype (1/2/3)

16/1/0

63/13/1

NS

  

HCV RNA (log IU/mL)

6.2±1.2

6.2±1.1

NS

  

Velocity of shear wave (m/s)

2.20±0.70

1.60±0.5

P = 0.0002

  
  1. HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; IFN, interferon; NVR, non-virological response; BMI, body mass index; PNPLA3, patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; γ-GTP, γ-glutamyltranspeptidase; PIVKA-II, protein induced by Vitamin K absence or antagonist-II; NS, not significant.