. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 2.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Chim Acta. 2010 Feb 1;411(9-10):653–656. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.01.028

Table 2.

Multivariate linear regression model of serum C-reactive protein concentration (natural log), N = 113.

	Beta	95% confidence interval	P
Sedimentation rate (`root)	0.21	(0.11 – 0.32	<0.0001
Alcohol intake per kg/day (natural Log)	−0.21	(−0.38 – −0.05)	0.012
Hepatitis C seropositivity	−0.78	(−1.29 – −0.27)	0.003
Constant	−0.24	(−0.77 – 0.28)	NS

R² = 0.23. Variables entered into model were: age, sex, BMI, ESR, HCV, alcohol and iron intake, 6 cases with HIV/AIDS, 1 case with prior HCV treatment and 2 cases with outlier calorie intake were excluded from analysis.