Table 2.

 Logistic regression analysis of the association between independent predictors and the presence of severe fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Variable	Regression coefficient (B)	SE of regression coefficient	Wald value	E ex (B)	p Value (95% CI)
Diabetes	2.004	0.583	11.824	7.74	0.001 (2.37–23.26)
AST/ALT ratio >1	1.802	0.595	9.183	6.06	0.002 (1.89–19.46)
Anti-MDA antibodies	4.990	1.831	7.430	146.93	0.006 (4.06–5312.9)
Constant	−4.843
Nagelkerke’s r2	0.390

Overall fit of the model χ² 33.832 with 3 DF; p<0.0005.

Percent of correct predictions 87.3%

AST/ALT, aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase; MDA, malondialdehyde.