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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May 29;21(9):1935–1941. doi: 10.1002/oby.20327

TABLE 3.

Odds ratios of variables significantly different in patients with NASH

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis


Variables (normal
value/or median)
Odds ratios
(95% CI)
P-values Odds ratios
(95% CI)
P-values
HOMA-IR > 2.6 3.2 (1.3–7.8) 0.001 A A
ALT > 29 IU/l 3.0 (1.5–5.9) 0.002 A A
CRP > 0.80 mg/l 2.9 (1.4–5.8) 0.02 2.4 (1.1–5.3) 0.02
PNPLA3 G 2.8 (1.4–5.5) 0.004 2.5 (1.1–5.3) 0.03
Glucose > 100 mg/dl 2.7 (1.3–5.6) 0.006 2.5 (1.1–5.4) 0.03
CK-18 > 145 IU/l 2.7 (1.1–6.7) 0.03 3.1 (1.2–8.2) 0.02
AST > 31 IU/l 2.5 (1.2–5.5) 0.02 A A
Insulin > 14 µIU/l 2.3 (1.2–4.6) 0.02 A A
Adiponectin < 7,943 ng/ml 2.3 (1.2–4.6) 0.02 A A
Interleukin-6 > 4.3 pg/ml 1.9 (0.9–4.0) 0.09 A A
GH > 0.17 ng/ml 0.6 (0.3–1.1) 0.10 A A
C-peptide > 1.2 nmol/l 1.2 (0.6–2.3) 0.64 A A