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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Feb 11;51(7):728–736. doi: 10.1111/apt.15660

Table 3.

Non-invasive fibrosis scores and incident CVD.

Covariate Univariable SHR (95% CI) p-value
NFS 1.55 (1.32–1.83) 0.01
 >0.676 4.61 (2.28–9.32) 0.01
 <−1.455 0.18 (0.07–0.43) 0.01
FIB-4 1.33 (1.20–1.48) 0.01
 >2.67 2.63 (1.23–5.64) 0.01
 <1.3 0.42 (0.21–0.85) 0.02
APRI 1.57 (0.95–2.59) 0.08
 >0.7 1.31 (0.59–2.90) 0.51
AST/ALT ratio 3.15 (1.85–5.39) 0.01
MELD-Na 1.09 (1.02–1.16) 0.01

Abbreviations: APRI, AST to platelet ratio index; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; FIB-4, fibrosis-4 index; MELD-Na, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease incorporating sodium; NFS, NAFLD fibrosis score; SHR, subhazard ratio.