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Table 8 Patient characteristics s in Low and High PNI groups according to liver fictional preserve

From: Onodera’s prognostic nutritional index is a strong prognostic indicator for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after initial hepatectomy, especially patients with preserved liver function

 

LHL15 ≥ 0.9

 

LHL15 < 0.9

 

Variables

Low PNI (n = 7)

High PNI (n = 146)

p value

Low PNI (n = 10)

High PNI (n = 26)

p value

Age (years)

72 (57–77)

70 (41–85)

n.s

65 (47–81)

68 (47–83)

n.s

Sex (male / female)

3 / 4

122 / 24

0.02

8/2

20/6

n.s

BMI

21.7 (16.8–26.3)

22.1 (14.0–32.5)

n.s

24.6 (15.6–29.6)

22.1 (13.2–31.5)

n.s

Lymphocyte count (/mm3)

710 (530–1290)

1455 (350–2930)

0.001

800 (320–2260)

1500 (650–2950)

0.002

Neutrophil count (/mm3)

3190 (910–8780)

3160 (1020–8680)

n.s

2420 (1140–7170)

2225 (820–3610)

n.s

Platelet count (103/µl)

23.6 (6.6–37.9)

18.9 (4.8–219.0)

n.s

12.2 (4.4–28.9)

14.1 (4.1–156.0)

n.s

Albumin (g/dl)

3.1 (2.3–3.3)

3.9 (2.7–5.3)

 < 0.001

2.8 (2.3–3.4)

3.7 (3.0–4.7)

 < 0.001

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.5 (0.4–1.5)

0.6 (0.2–1.5)

n.s

0.85 (0.4–1.6)

0.6 (0.3–2.5)

n.s

PT-INR

1.16 (0.87–1.30)

1.04 (0.88–1.28)

0.018

1.16 (1.0–1.41)

1.10 (0.93–1.34)

n.s

Child–Pugh A/B/C

6 / 1 / 0

143 / 3 / 0

n.s

5 / 5 / 0

2 / 24 / 0

n.s

AFP (ng/ml)

40 (2–33,430)

9 (1–253,875)

n.s

122 (9–60,105)

29 (4–88,940)

n.s

DCP (mAU/ml)

1501 (28–85,330)

88 (1–286,400)

n.s

260 (14–29,182)

237 (10–174,400)

n.s

ICG R15 (%)

13.5 (6.3–28.8)

11.8 (0.3–76.3)

n.s

31.7 (9.9–49.9)

18.3 (7.0–42.0)

n.s

LHL15

0.935 (0.904–0.963)

0.940 (0.90–0.987)

n.s

0.853 (0.679–0.885)

0.876 (0.758–0.898)

0.04

Tumor size (cm)

7.0 (2.0–13.0)

4.0 (0.5–24.0)

n.s

3.0 (1.1–15.0)

3.5 (0.7–20.0)

n.s

Multiple tumor

2 (29%)

38 (26%)

n.s

5 (50%)

4 (15.4%)

n.s

BCLC stage 0/A/B/C

0 / 6 / 0 / 1

13 / 91 / 31 / 11

n.s

0 / 7 / 3 / 0

4 / 17 / 4 / 1

n.s

Within Milan criteria

2 (29%)

78 (53%)

n.s

7 (70%)

20 (76.9%)

n.s

PNI

34.7(26.6–36.9)

46.2 (37.4–60.0)

 < 0.001

33.6 (26.0–36.5)

44.3 (37.3–54.8)

 < 0.001

NLR

4.49 (0.85–8.58)

2.10 (0.52–12.8)

n.s

3.20 (1.07–14.16)

1.54 (0.56–3.14)

0.001

PLR

231 (110–486)

138 (33–1685)

0.022

189 (49–350)

91 (35–1033)

n.s

ALBI grade 1 / 2 / 3

0 / 6 / 1

74 / 72 / 0

0.001

0 / 6 / 4

11 / 15 / 0

0.001

Underlying liver disease

      

 NBNC / HBV / HCV

1 / 2 / 4

76 / 21 / 49

n.s

2 / 0 / 8

6 / 3 / 17

n.s

  1. Differences were considered significant at p < 0.05, shown as italic values
  2. BMI body mass index, PNI prognostic nutritional index, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, AFP alpha fetoprotein, DCP des-γ-carboxyprothrombin, ICGR15 indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min, LHL15 GSA uptake ratio of the liver to the liver plus heart at 15 min, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, ALBI grade Albumin-Bilirubin grade, NBNC Non-B non-C, HBV hepatits B, HCV hepatitis C