Table 3.

Factors associated with LS measured under three posture conditions in multivariate analyses

Characteristics	Supine LSM		Seated LSM		Standing LSM
	β	p	β	p	β	p
Age (per year)	0.155	0.111	0.168	0.102	0.119	0.267
Weight (kg)	0.222	0.241	0.256	0.199	0.295	0.159
BMI (kg/m2)	–0.455	0.028*	–0.523	0.017*	–0.509	0.026*
SCD (mm)	–0.137	0.257	–0.154	0.227	–0.121	0.365
WC (cm)	0.345	0.094	0.415	0.057	0.429	0.060
Overweight / obesity	–0.042	0.784	–0.111	0.496	–0.155	0.367
Type 2 DM	–0.051	0.601	–0.028	0.786	–0.065	0.542
Biopsy-proven fibrosis	0.826	< 0.001*	0.791	< 0.001*	0.742	< 0.001*

Age, weight, BMI, SCD, waist circumference, overweight / obesity, DM and a history of biopsy-proven liver fibrosis were analysed by multiple linear regression, using a standard enter method

^* p ≤ 0.05

BMI Body mass index, SCD Skin-liver capsule distance, DM Diabetes mellitus, WC Waist circumference, β Standardized regression coefficient