Table 4.
Factors associated with discordance between reference and anterior positions n (%)
| Characteristics | Concordant | Discordant | P |
| Number of patients | 221 | 47 | |
| Mean age (SE) | 47 (1) | 49 (2) | 0.16 |
| Male | 151 (68) | 34 (72) | 0.59 |
| Ethnic origin | |||
| Caucasian | 134 (61) | 30 (64) | 0.69 |
| Asian | 16 (7) | 4 (8) | 0.68 |
| North African | 27 (12) | 6 (13) | 0.87 |
| Other African | 44 (20) | 7 (15) | 0.38 |
| Anthropometric data | |||
| Height (m) | 1.71 (0.01) | 1.71 (0.10) | 0.96 |
| Weight (kg) | 69.8 (0.9) | 73.6 (2.2) | 0.12 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.7 (0.2) | 25.0 (0.5) | 0.02 |
| Abdominal fold (mm) | 19.2 (0.6) | 23.0 (1.6) | 0.03 |
| Thoracic fold (mm) | 11.4 (0.4) | 14.5 (0.9) | 0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 82 (1) | 86 (2) | 0.047 |
| Daily alcohol ≥ 30 g/d | 18/137 (13) | 2/23 (9) | 0.55 |
| Diagnosis | |||
| HCV | 102 (46) | 18 (38) | 0.29 |
| HBV | 44 (20) | 9 (19) | 0.88 |
| NAFLD | 21 (10) | 11 (23) | 0.002 |
| HIV coinfection | 29 (13) | 5 (11) | 0.63 |
| ALD | 8 (4) | 0 (0) | 0.16 |
| Other | 46 (20) | 9 (19) | 0.88 |
| Biochemistry | |||
| ALT (IU/L) | 55 (3) | 81 (19) | 0.56 |
| n = 221 | n = 47 | ||
| AST (IU/L) | 47 (2) | 57 (6) | 0.54 |
| n = 221 | n = 47 | ||
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.63 (0.08) | 4.85 (0.13) | 0.06 |
| n = 186 | n = 42 | ||
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.26 (0.09) | 5.42 (0.17) | 0.15 |
| n = 197 | n = 46 | ||
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.15 (0.06) | 1.37 (0.19) | 0.10 |
| n = 186 | n = 42 | ||
| FibroTest | 0.40 (0.01) | 0.41 (0.06) | 0.76 |
| n = 221 | n = 47 | ||
| ActiTest | 0.32 (0.02) | 0.34 (0.04) | 0.59 |
| n = 221 | n = 18 | ||
| SteatoTest | 0.30 (0.01) | 0.38 (0.04) | 0.04 |
| n = 183 | n = 42 |