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Table 4 Subgroups analysis of ORR achievement

From: Efficacy and safety profile of drug-eluting beads transarterial chemoembolization by CalliSpheres® beads in Chinese hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Parameters

ORR (n = 75)

Not ORR (n = 24)

P value

Age (years)

58.27 ± 10.09

57.04 ± 11.05

 

Gender Male (n/%)

68 (76.4)

21 (23.6)

0.654

HBV (n/%)

71 (75.5)

23 (24.5)

0.820

HCV (n/%)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0.390

Drink (n/%)

33 (76.7)

10 (23.3)

0.841

Cirrhosis (n/%)

41 (74.5)

14 (25.5)

0.753

Tumor distributiona

  

0.765

  > =20% (n/%)

38 (74.5)

13 (25.5)

 

  < 20 (n/%)

37 (77.1)

11 (22.9)

 

Number of nodules

 1 (n/%)

26 (86.7)

4 (13.3)

0.095

  > 1 (n/%)

49 (71.0)

20 (29.0)

 

  < =3 (n/%)

45 (83.3)

9 (16.7)

0.054

  > 3 (n/%)

30 (66.7)

15 (33.3)

 

Largest nodule size > 3 cm (n/%)

54 (78.3)

15 (21.7)

0.278

Largest nodule size > 5 cm (n/%)

33 (75.0)

11 (25.0)

0.875

Portal vein invasion (n/%)

19 (65.5)

10 (34.5)

0.126

 Main portal vein invasion (n/%)

3 (37.5)

5 (62.5)

0.173

 First branch invasion (n/%)

4 (50.0)

4 (50.0)

 

 Second branch invasion (n/%)

10 (76.9)

3 (23.1)

 

Hepatic vein invasion (n/%)

12 (70.6)

5 (29.4)

0.585

ECOG performance status

  

0.595

 0 (n/%)

52 (74.3)

18 (25.7)

 

 1 (n/%)

23 (79.3)

6 (20.7)

 

Child-pugh stage

  

0.419

 A (n/%)

68 (74.7)

23 (25.3)

 

 B (n/%)

7 (87.5)

1 (12.5)

 

BCLC stage

  

0.029

 A (n/%)

19 (79.2)

5 (20.8)

 

 B (n/%)

31 (88.6)

4 (11.4)

 

 C (n/%)

25 (62.5)

15 (37.5)

 

AFP

  

0.432

 Abnormal (n/%)

40 (72.7)

15 (27.3)

 

 Normal (n/%)

35 (79.5)

9 (20.5)

 

Previous cTACE

  

0.089

 Yes (n/%)

26 (66.7)

13 (33.3)

 

 No (n/%)

49 (81.7)

11 (18.3)

 

Previous surgery

  

0.136

 Yes (n/%)

53 (80.3)

13 (19.7)

 

 No (n/%)

22 (66.7)

11 (33.3)

 

Previous systematic chemotherapy

  

0.820

 Yes (n/%)

4 (80.0)

1 (20.0)

 

 No (n/%)

71 (75.5)

23 (24.5)

 

Previous radiofrequency ablation

  

0.585

 Yes (n/%)

12 (70.6)

5 (29.4)

 

 No (n/%)

63 (76.8)

19 (23.2)

 

Previous targeted therapy (n/%)

  

0.562

 Yes (n/%)

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 No (n/%)

74 (75.5)

24 (24.5)

 

Chemoembolization reagent

  

0.248

 Adriamycin (n/%)

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Epirubicin (n/%)

71 (74.7)

24 (25.3)

 
  1. Data was presented as count (%) or mean ± standard deviation
  2. Comparison between groups was determined by t test or Chi-square test. P < 0.05 was considered significant. aTumor distribution: percentage of tumor in the whole liver
  3. HBV Hepatic b virus, HCV Hepatic c virus, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, AFP Alpha fetal protein, cTACE Conventional transarterial chemo-embolization