Table 3.
AE Model for genetic and environmental correlation between Pro-C3 concentration and hepatic steatosis and fibrosis
| Pro-C3 (ng/mL) | Genetic correlation | |||
| Hepatic steatosis (MRI-PDFF) | Liver fibrosis (MRE) | |||
| rG Estimate(95% CI) | P value | rG Estimate(95% CI) | P value | |
| unadjusted | 0.593 (0.240, 1.000) | 0.00109 | 0.245 (−0.332, 0.580) | 0.303 |
| Age - sex-adjusted | 0.671 (0.302, 1.000) | 0.00041 | 0.301 (NA, 0.680) | 0.320 |
| Age-sex-ethnicity-BMI-adjusted | 0.619 (0.236, 1.000) | 0.00152 | 0.227 (−1.000, 0.830) | 0.596 |
| Pro-C3 (ng/mL) | Environmental correlation | |||
| Hepatic steatosis (MRI-PDFF) | Liver fibrosis (MRE) | |||
| rE Estimate(95% CI) | P value | rE Estimate(95% CI) | P value | |
| unadjusted | −0.210 (−0.451, 0.066) | 0.132 | 0.528 (0.291, 0.702) | <0.001 |
| Age – sex-adjusted | −0.217 (−0.457, 0.059) | 0.121 | 0.519 (0.281, 0.695) | <0.001 |
| Age-sex-ethnicity-BMI-adjusted | −0.231 (−0.470, 0.045) | 0.0982 | 0.549 (0.317, 0.717) | <0.001 |