TABLE 1.

Regression analysis of the effects on SOCS-1 expression in non-HCC tissue sections.

	Univariate			Multivariate
	Coefficient	P value	95% CI	Coefficient	P value	95% CI
(Constant)	−0.343*	0.752*	−2.65 to 1.964*	–0.988	0.706	−6.812 to 4.835
Gender	–0.091	0.932	−2.369 to 2.187	0.235	0.815	−2.001 to 2.471
Age	0.061	0.006	0.022 to 0.100	0.064	0.035	0.006 to 0.123
Location	–0.143	0.870	−2.010 to 1.725	–0.143	0.865	−2.017 to 1.732
Knodell score	0.104	0.275	−0.094 to 0.301	–0.037	0.763	−0.310 to 0.236
HCV viral load	0.456	0.543	−1.132 to 2.043	0.307	0.735	−1.710 to 2.324

*This parameter was calculated when predictor variates were age and constant.