Table 2.

Significance of chronic active HCV infection on serum levels of lipoproteins analyzed by multiple regression models.

	VLDL-TG			LDL-TG			HDL-TG
	B	SE	p Value	B	SE	p Value	B	SE	p Value
Constant	2.4	44.4	1.0	9.2	16.2	0.6	22.7	8.6	0.01
HCV infection (Active HCV vs. SVR)	−13.8	6.9	0.047	1.6	2.5	0.52	3.1	1.3	0.02
Age	−0.01	0.2	0.96	0.2	0.08	0.01	0.005	0.04	0.9
Female gender	−12.7	5.8	0.03	−0.3	2.1	0.9	2.6	1.1	0.02
BMI	0.99	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.08	0.2	0.6
ALT	−0.02	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.04	0.03	−0.01	0.02	0.7
γ-GTP	0.2	0.08	0.01	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.09
Albumin	10.6	7.6	0.2	−2.7	2.8	0.3	−1.1	1.5	0.4
HbA1c	0.06	4.9	0.99	1.2	1.8	0.5	−0.6	1.0	0.5
Platelet	−0.3	0.2	0.3	−0.08	0.09	0.4	−0.01	0.05	0.8