Table 3.

Association of the FIB-4 score with the log-transformed values of the serum NT-proBNP levels by gender and by age.

	Outcome variables	Pearson's correlation analysis		Multivariate linear regression
		Correlation coefficient	p-Value	Total R-square	Standardized coefficient	Non-standardized coefficient (95% CI)	p-Value
Men	Log BNP	0.28	<0.01	0.16	0.08	3.56 (1.60–5.50)	<0.01
Women	Log BNP	0.10	0.04	0.11	−0.04	−0.09 (−0.32–0.14)	0.46
Young age	Log BNP	0.12	<0.01	0.27	0.07	0.22 (0.05–0.39)	0.01
Elderly age	Log BNP	0.20	<0.01	0.24	0.10	0.19 (0.07–0.32)	<0.01

Abbreviations are as described in the footnote for Table 1, Table 2.