. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2012 Apr 18;55(6):1711–1721. doi: 10.1002/hep.25559

TABLE 3.

Associations of clinical variables with Gli2 expression

	Unadjusted	Adjusted^*
	β±SE	β±SE
Age, 1 units change	4.1±2.1 (p=0.006)	3.0±2.0 (p=0.145)
BMI, 1 units change	11.0±4.1 (p=0.011)	5.0±3.5 (p=0.169)
Waist circumference, 5 units change	4.2±1.9 (p=0.04)	0.7±1.7 (p=0.656)
Log (HOMA-IR)	97.1±41.3 (p=0.024)	−21.9±41.1 (p=0.597)
Diabetes mellitus	90.9±61.0 (p=0.145)	8.8±42.3 (p=0.854)
Hypertension	181.3±48.5 (p=0.0006)	123.8±39.1 (p=0.0034)

adjusted for Shh expression levels, β: beta coefficient computed in linear regression models using Gli2 expression (cell numbers per HPF) as an outcome variable.