Uncovering unsuspected advanced liver fibrosis in patients referred to alcohol nurse specialists using the ELF test

Table 3 Summary of multiple regression analysis of factors associated with continuous ELF score

Model	Unstandardized coefficients	Std. error	Standardized coefficients	Sig	95.0% Confidence interval for B
Model	B	Std. error	Beta	Sig	Lower bound	Upper bound
(Constant)	6.701	1.580		0.000	3.554	9.849
Age	0.024	0.009	0.278	0.013	0.005	0.042
Current alcohol intake (U/wk)	− 0.001	0.001	− 0.105	0.334	− 0.003	0.001
ALP	0.003	0.002	0.173	0.111	− 0.001	0.006
Bilirubin	0.018	0.012	0.170	0.146	− 0.006	0.042
MCV	0.014	0.016	0.094	0.374	− 0.018	0.046
AST:ALT ratio	0.115	0.170	0.077	0.502	− 0.224	0.454

(Dependent Variable: ELF score)
(ALP = Alkaline Phosphatase, MCV = Mean Corpuscular Volume, AST = Aspartate Aminotransferase, ALT = Alanine Aminotransferase)

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