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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jan 13;55(5):523–532. doi: 10.1007/s00535-020-01663-1

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analysis for the primary and secondary endpoints

Events
Primary endpoint
Secondary endpoint
Hazard ratio (95% CI) p value Hazard ratio (95% CI) p value

Univariate analysis
 IBD present 0.47 (0.17–1.30) 0.16 0.40 (0.12–1.28) 0.13
 UDCA use 0.60 (0.23–1.55) 0.28 0.41 (0.14–1.22) 0.10
 Mayo risk score at diagnosis 2.09 (1.55–2.82) < 0.001 2.95 (1.81–4.81) < 0.001
 MELD score at diagnosis 1.22 (1.11–1.36) < 0.001 1.32 (1.15–1.53) < 0.001
 PREsTo at diagnosis 1.05 (1.03–1.08) < 0.001 1.03 (1.01–1.05) < 0.001
 Platelets at diagnosis, per 100 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.16 0.60 (0.35–1.03) 0.07
 Age at diagnosis, per 5 years 1.40 (1.21–1.62) < 0.01 1.46 (1.23–1.74) < 0.01
 Normal SAP at diagnosis 0.38 (0.05–2.82) 0.27 0.52 (0.07–4.09) 0.46
 SAP < 1.5 ULN at diagnosis 0.64 (0.23–1.73) 0.37 0.70 (0.0.24–2.10) 0.52
 Normal SAP (time dependent) 0.80 (0.24–2.63) 0.71 0.95 (0.29–3.16) 0.93
 SAP < 1.5 × ULN (time dependent) 0.11 (0.03–0.42) < 0.01 0.03 (0.00–0.56) 0.02
Multivariate analysis
 SAP < 1.5 × ULN (time dependent) 0.10 (0.02–0.45) 0.01 0.05 (0.00–1.01) 0.05
 Mayo PSC risk score 2.29 (1.59–3.30) < 0.01 2.59 (1.56–4.29) < 0.01
 SAP < 1.5 × ULN (time dependent) 0.10 (0.02–0.39) 0.01 0.04 (0.00–0.75) 0.03
 MELD score at diagnosis 1.25 (1.11–1.41) 0.01 1.29 (1.10–1.50) < 0.01
 SAP < 1.5 × ULN (time dependent) 0.16 (0.04–0.65) 0.01 0.02 (0.001–1.11) 0.06
 PREsTo at diagnosis 1.05 (1.03–1.07) < 0.001 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 0.08
 SAP < 1.5 × ULN (time dependent) 0.19 (0.05–0.72) 0.01 0.05 (0.00–0.97) 0.048
 Age at diagnosis 1.32 (1.14–1.52) < 0.01 1.37 (1.16–1.62) < 0.01

Primary endpoint = death, liver transplantation, hepatic decompensation or cholangiocarcinoma

Secondary endpoint = liver transplantation or death

IBD inflammatory bowel disease, UDCA ursodeoxycholic acid, SAP serum alkaline phosphatase, ULN upper limit of normal, MELD model for end-stage liver disease, PRETo PSC risk estimate tool