Table 5.

Multiple regression analysis for factors associated with the presence of cirrhosis on ultrasound for NAFLD and non- NAFLD patients

Coefficients
Model	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	Significant
	B	SE	β
Non-NAFLD patients
Constant	1.382	0.227		6.083	<0.001
Stiffness score	0.000	0.002	−0.011	−0.110	0.912
INR	−0.008	0.063	−0.010	−0.124	0.901
Bilirubin	0.000	0.001	−0.046	−0.430	0.668
GGT	0.000	0.000	−0.658	−4.359	<0.001
ALT	0.001	0.001	0.309	1.843	0.068
Albumin	0.007	0.003	0.184	2.189	0.030
Platelets	0.000	0.000	0.266	3.046	0.003
Hg	0.001	0.005	0.018	0.222	0.825
BMI	0.002	0.002	0.058	0.718	0.474
AGE	0.004	0.001	0.301	3.749	<0.001
Sex	−0.030	0.033	−0.071	−0.909	0.365
NAFLD patients
Constant	−1.009	0.836		−1.207	0.235
Stiffness Score	0.003	0.004	0.110	0.713	0.480
INR	0.174	0.157	0.196	1.104	0.277
Bilirubin	−0.003	0.002	−0.239	−1.608	0.116
GGT	−0.002	0.001	−0.247	−1.895	0.066
ALT	0.002	0.002	0.191	1.145	0.260
Albumin	0.005	0.011	0.072	0.416	0.680
Platelets	0.002	0.001	0.599	3.822	0.001
Hg	0.084	0.038	0.462	2.203	0.034
BMI	0.002	0.006	0.042	0.322	0.749
Age	0.010	0.005	0.344	2.040	0.049
Sex	0.112	0.134	0.132	0.833	0.411

Dependent variable: Cirrhosis on imaging study. NAFLD – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; INR – International normalized ratio; Hg – Hemoglobin; ALT – Alanine aminotransferase; BMI – Body mass index; GGT – Gamma-glutamyl transferase; SE – Standard error