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Table 3.

Stepwise Linear Regression Analysis for Predicting Hepatic Fat Content in the Entire Cohort

Independent Variables	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Hepatic fat content
Age, y	−.016	.819	.034	.606	−.131	.056	−.091	.150	−.105	.092
Gender	−.027	.681	−.091	.156	−.034	.567	−.052	.392	−.085	.143
Ethnicity	.067	.317	.028	.659	.079	.184	.096	.119	.076	.197
BMI-Z	.409	<.001	.176	.028	−.070	.450	.236	<.001	−.100	.254
WBISI			−.381	<.001					−.200	.004
Visceral fat content, cm²					.562	<.001			.294	<.001
FGF-21, pg/mL							.455	<.001	.312	<.001
R²	.167		.259		.289		.340		.431
CK18
Age, y	.004	.965	.058	.522	−.018	.841	−.052	.533	.005	.959
Gender	−.095	.270	−.098	.296	−.088	.310	−.077	.362	−.108	.204
Ethnicity	.161	.065	.126	.152	.149	.085	.177	.034	.079	.374
BMI-Z	.270	.002	.119	.262	.064	.593	.110	.208	.001	.998
WBISI			−.305	<.001					−.201	.023
Visceral fat content, cm²					.303	.001			.010	.928
FGF-21, pg/mL							.411	<.001	.373	<.001
R²	.073		.093		.092		.210		.215