Prognostic Impact of Cirrhosis in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma following Hepatic Resection

Table 2

Between-group comparison of the clinicopathological characteristics.

Variables	values
	I versus II	I versus III	I versus IV	II versus III	II versus IV	III versus IV
Age	NS	<0.001	0.014	<0.001	0.003	0.011
Gender	0.006	0.013	0.005	NS	NS	NS
Preoperative AFP	NS	NS	0.004	NS	NS	NS
Preoperative CA19-9	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Resection type	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Tumor size	0.04	NS	NS	0.029	0.036	NS
Tumor number	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Child-Pugh score	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Histologic differentiation	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Vascular invasion	NS	NS	0.004	NS	NS	NS
Lymph node metastasis	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

NS, not significant; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; CA19-9, carbohydrate antigen 19-9.