Clinical expression of insulin resistance in hepatitis C and B virus-related chronic hepatitis: Differences and similarities

Table 3 Multivariate analysis (multiple regression) of the correlation between liver fibrosis (Ishak staging on liver biopsy) and anthropometric, clinical and metabolic characteristics in the two groups of patients

	HCV			HBV
	Linearity coefficient	Standard error	P	Linearity coefficient	Standard error	P
Age (yr)	0.0469	0.0068	< 0.0001	0.0561	6.0142	0.0001
Sex	0.0362	0.1794	< 0.05	-	-	-
BMI	0.0417	0.0208	< 0.05	-	-	-
ALT	0.0038	0.0010	< 0.0001	-	-	-
Diabetes	0.4742	0.2172	< 0.05	-	-	-
Metabolic syndrome	0.2830	0.2846	NS	-	-	-
Steatosis	0.0731	0.2326	NS	-	-	-