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

Table 4 Univariate analysis of the correlation between the presence of higher degrees of steatosis (> 30%) assessed on liver biopsy and anthropometric, clinical and metabolic characteristics in the two groups of patients

	HCV			HBV
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Age (yr)	1.747	0.888-3.430	NS	4.432	1.056-18.310	< 0.05
Sex	0.845	0.551-1.294	NS	0.549	0.191-1.575	NS
BMI (> 30)	2.510	1.593-3.954	< 0.001	10.435	2.166-38.338	< 0.005
Diabetes	1.894	1.193-3.007	< 0.05	0.913	0.213-4.017	NS
Metabolic syndrome	0.968	0.486-1.931	NS	4.180	0.531-3.367	NS
Fibrosis (staging)	4.700	2.750-8.034	< 0.001	0.459	0.073-2.981	NS