Table 3. Univariate and multivariate linear regression of risk factors associated with liver stiffness measurement.

Variables	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	β	Standard error	P-value	β	Standard error	P-value
Entire CHB Cohort (n=330)
Age (years)	-0.124	0.577	0.024	0.070	0.026	0.169
Sex	0.058	0.028	0.295
ALT (IU/L)	0.353	0.008	<0.001	0.241	0.009	<0.001
GGT (U/L)	0.346	0.008	<0.001	0.161	0.009	0.007
ALP (U/L)	0.171	0.011	0.002	0.041	0.011	0.430
TB (μ/L)	0.088	0.045	0.112
TC(mmol/L)	-0.009	0.261	0.875
BMI (kg/m2)	0.264	0.081	<0.001	0.097	0.101	0.147
CAP (dB/m)	0.28	0.008	<0.001	0.116	0.010	0.085
S0-1 CHB (n=227)
Age (years)	0.036	0.022	0.590
Sex	0.005	0.426	0.937
ALT (IU/L)	0.299	0.008	<0.001	0.209	0.008	0.004
GGT (U/L)	0.247	0.008	<0.001	0.059	0.009	0.417
ALP (U/L)	0.055	0.009	0.412
TB (μ/L)	0.053	0.032	0.430
TC (mmol/L)	0.064	0.188	0.337
BMI (kg/m2)	0.274	0.060	<0.001	0.103	0.079	0.227
CAP (dB/m)	0.323	0.006	<0.001	0.179	0.008	0.041
S2-4 CHB (n=103)
Age (years)	-0.003	0.066	0.979
Sex	-0.229	1.391	0.020	-0.140	1.393	0.152
ALT (IU/L)	0.289	0.015	0.003	0.203	0.016	0.050
GGT (U/L)	0.288	0.014	0.003	0.119	0.016	0.267
ALP (U/L)	0.095	0.026	0.338
TB (μ/L)	0.084	0.119	0.398
TC (mmol/L)	-0.057	0.656	0.569
BMI (kg/m2)	0.277	0.191	0.005	0.140	0.239	0.246
CAP (dB/m)	0.217	0.019	0.028	0.092	0.023	0.436

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; TB, total bilirubin; BMI, body mass index; CAP, controlled attenuation parameter; TC, total cholesterol