Increased level of nucleolin confers to aggressive tumor progression and poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy

Table 2 Multivariate survival analysis of five-year overall and disease-free survival in 130 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Features	Five-year overall survival			Five-year disease-free survival
Features	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P
Serum AFP	1.931	0.685-4.056	0.063	1.953	0.615-4.273	0.062
Tumor stage	2.879	1.366-5.196	0.009	2.686	1.386-6.009	0.01
Tumor grade	1. 563	0.609-4.088	0.081	1.551	0.607-4.466	0.086
Presence of cirrhosis	1.919	0.738-4.102	0.063	1.921	0.793-4.219	0.062
nucleolin expression	3.872	1.681-8.392	0.01	3.696	1.662-8.138	0.01

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