Serum levels of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage are associated with hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Table 6 Multiple logistic regression analysis for factors associated with hepatic steatosis (≥5%) in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Variable	Odds ratio	95% confidential interval	P value
Age (≥55 years)	4.839	0.788-29.733	0.089
Albumin (<4.0 g/dl)	1.771	0.310-10.099	0.520
γ-GTP (≥44 IU/L)	3.077	0.741-12.783	0.122
Diabetes mellitus (present)	2.853	0.611-13.331	0.182
Leptin (≥8.6 ng/ml)	6.195	1.409-27.240	0.016
Resistin (≥8.8 ng/ml)	3.396	0.823-14.006	0.091
Hyaluronic acid (≥76.4 ng/ml)	1.814	0.424-7.766	0.422

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