Table 4.
Multiple Stepwise Linear Regression Analysis of Independent Predictors of Increased Circulating Level of EPCs*
|
Variables |
CD31/CD34 |
KDR/CD34 |
CXCR4/CD34 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient β | p value | Coefficient β | p value | Coefficient β | p value | |
| Age |
−0.009 |
0.059 |
|
|
|
|
| Hepatitis B |
0.340 |
0.011 |
0.380 |
0.008 |
|
|
| Hepatitis C |
|
|
−0.332 |
0.035 |
|
|
| EV bleeding |
|
|
0.291 |
0.028 |
|
|
| Liver cirrhosis† |
0.352 |
0.087 |
|
|
−0.708 |
0.003 |
| AST | −0.001 | 0.006 | ||||