Zuojin Liu

C3 complement component 3 CI confidence interval ELANE neutrophil elastase EPOR erythropoietin receptor FFQ food frequency questionnaire FODMAP fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols GWAS genome-wide association studies IV instrumental variable IVW inverse-variance weighted LD linkage disequilibrium MR Mendelian randomization MVP Million Veteran Program OR odds ratio PCDs programmed cell-death pQTL protein quantitative trait locus SCFA short-chain fatty...

During the study period, 524 HCC patients underwent hepatectomy, 387 of whom met the inclusion criteria; these patients composed the analysis cohort (Fig. 1). Among these 387 patients, 77 patients underwent preoperative TACE at least once before hepatectomy. PSM was used to identify 67 pairs of patients who did or did not undergo preoperative TACE. Selection of the study population.