Table 3.

Multiple linear regression analysis of serum zinc level in chronic liver disease

	Unstandardized Coefficients	SE	Standardized Coefficients	t	p value
	B		Beta
Constant	1.13	22.514		0.050	0.960
Age	0.121	0.110	0.060	1.103	0.271
Sex	−1.407	2.538	−0.029	−0.554	0.580
Total bilirubin (mg/dl)	2.876	0.820	0.209	3.506	<0.05
AST (IU/L)	−0.042	0.062	−0.063	−0.678	0.498
ALT (IU/L)	0.046	0.047	0.091	0.974	0.331
ALP (U/L)	0.005	0.006	0.046	0.832	0.406
Prothrombin time (%)	0.199	0.098	0.148	2.040	<0.05
Albumin (g/dl)	12.375	2.838	0.351	4.360	<0.001
White blood cell count (103/μl)	1.016	0.733	0.085	1.386	0.167
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	1.838	0.788	0.175	2.333	<0.05
MCV (fl)	0.315	0.501	0.094	0.630	0.529
MCH (pg)	−1.692	1.303	−0.208	−1.299	0.195
Platelet count (103/μl)	0.012	0.024	0.034	0.475	0.635
Ferritin (ng/ml)	−5.40E − 06	0.004	0.000	−0.001	0.999