Table 2.
Association of liver fibrosis with its etiological factors (age, sex and lifestyle factors, hepatitis virus infection and immune markers).
| Risk factor | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No significant fibrosis (F0 & F1) | Significant Fibrosis (F2, F3 & F4) | |||
| Sex (Male) | 1 | 1.517 (1.042–2.206) | 0.029 | |
| Age | 41–60 years | 1 | 1.393 (0.839–2.312) | 0.200 |
| > 60 years | 1 | 1.786 (1.056–3.021) | 0.031 | |
| Alcohol consumption (Daily/ weekly) | 1 | 1.723 (0.688–4.318) | 0.245 | |
| AUDIT-C Risk score (≥ 5) | 1 | 1.603 (0.879–2.924) | 0.124 | |
| Smoking (Daily) | 1 | 1.662 (0.694–3.980) | 0.254 | |
| Tobacco chewing (Daily) | 1 | 0.773 (0.202-2.953) | 0.706 | |
| Hepatitis B/C virus infection | Only one positive | - | ||
| Abnormal LFTs | 1 | 3.625 (2.179–6.028) | <0.0001 | |