TABLE 3.

Association between birth weight and liver fibrosis as assessed by the Forns index in men and women, using multiple linear regression

	Model 0			Model 1
	ß	95%CI	p value	ß	95%CI	p value
Men (n = 3638)
Birth weight (kg)	0.01	(−0.07 to 0.09)	0.82	−0.05	(−0.12 to 0.01)	0.08
Age (years)				0.09	(0.08 to 0.09)	<0.0001
Women (n = 1892)
Birth weight (kg)	−0.01	(−0.13 to 0.11)	0.85	−0.05	(−0.14 to 0.04)	0.30
Age (years)				0.09	(0.09 to 0.10)	<0.0001

Model 0: crude association. Model 1: Model 0 + adjustment for age.