AFP and diabetes mellitus: For the predictors of PFS, four factors significantly correlated with better PFS in univariate analysis, including the presence of DM (HR = 0.747, p = 0.001), HTN (HR = 0.852, p = 0.049), HBV and/or HCV infection (HR = 0.672, p<0.001) and baseline AFP <400 ng/mL (HR = 0.611, p<0.001) (Table 5).