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Table 7 Predictors of survival of patients with lean NAFLD

From: Non-invasive predictors of prognosis of Asian patients with histopathologically-confirmed lean nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

 

Univariate

Multivariate

HR

(95% CI)

P value

HR

(95% CI)

P value

Sex

      

 Male

1.47

(0.45–4.83)

0.526

   

 Female

1

     

History of liver cancer

      

 Yes

15.89

(4.62–54.62)

 < 0.01

7.17

(1.76–29.23)

 < 0.01

 No

1

     

History of non-liver malignancy

      

 Yes

2.89

(0.60–13.99)

0.186

   

 No

1

     

Dyslipidemia

      

 No

3.88

(0.50–30.35)

0.196

   

 Yes

1

     

Hypertension

      

 Yes

1.33

(0.39–4.53)

0.653

   

 No

1

     

Hyperuricemia

      

 No

25,570,000

(0.00-∞)

0.998

   

 Yes

1

     

Smoking

      

 No

1.09

(0.23–5.12)

0.916

   

 Yes

1

     

Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (IU/L)

      

 ≥ 71

1.18

(0.36–3.87)

0.786

   

 < 71

1

     

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

      

 ≤ 14.5

1.76

(0.51–6.01)

0.369

   

 > 14.5

1

     

Ferritin (ng/mL)

      

 ≥ 180

1.33

(0.40–4.40)

0.640

   

 < 180

1

     

NAFLD fibrosis score

      

 ≥ − 1.455

31.43

(3.90–253.2)

 < 0.01

12.87

(1.35–122.30)

0.026

 < − 1.455

1

     

PNPLA3 rs738409

      

 GG

2.55

(0.61–10.73)

0.202

   

 Non GG

1

     

TM6SF2 rs58542926

      

 CC

2.19

(0.27–17.82)

0.463

   

 Non CC

1

     

HSD17B13 rs6834314

      

 Non AA

1.03

(0.252–4.066)

0.986

   

 AA

1

     
  1. Parameters that correlated significantly with other variables were considered confounding factors and excluded from statistical analysis
  2. P values by Cox proportional hazards model