Table 3.
Stepwise linear regression of factors predicting development of HCC
| Model | Unstandardized coefficients |
p value | OR | 95.0% confidence interval for OR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Sth. error | Lower bound | Upperbound | ||||
| R2 | 0.91 | ||||||
| B (constant) | 1.888 | ||||||
| PLT | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.218 | −0.002 | −0.001 | |
| Age | −0.041 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.649 | −0.047 | −0.036 | |
| Albumin | 0.406 | 0.067 | 0.000 | 0.341 | 0.273 | 0.539 | |
| RT-PCR for MMP-12 | −0.050 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.499 | −0.057 | −0.043 | |
| WBCs | 0.065 | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.229 | 0.042 | 0.088 | |
| TB | −0.697 | 0.132 | 0.000 | 0.367 | −0.957 | −0.437 | |
| SGOT | −0.022 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.794 | −0.025 | −0.018 | |
| SGPT | 0.012 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.488 | 0.010 | 0.015 | |
| RBCs | 0.454 | 0.083 | 0.000 | 0.542 | 0.290 | 0.618 | |
| Creatinine | 0.252 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 0.140 | 0.158 | 0.346 | |
| RT-PCR | −5.46 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.135 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| MMP-12 | −0.214 | 0.038 | 0.000 | 0.205 | −0.288 | −0.140 | |
| HB | −0.104 | 0.034 | 0.003 | 0.336 | −0.170 | −0.037 | |
| AFP | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.012 | 0.092 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
Regression equation: HCC = B0 (2.89) − 0.002 × PLT − 0/04 × age + 0.41 × albumin − 0.05 × RT-PCR for MMP-12 + 0.06 × WBCs − 0.69 × TB − 0.02 × SGOT + 0.01 × SGPT + 0.45 × RBCs + 0.25 × creatinine − 5.46 × RT-PCR − 0.2 × MMP-12 − 0.1 × HB + 0.0001 × AFP.