Value of controlled attenuation parameter in fibrosis prediction in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with liver stiffness measurements as continuous variable in 184 patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by linear regression analysis

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variable	β	SE	P	β	SE	P
Age (yr)	0.053	0.025	0.037a	0.017	0.022	0.451
Male gender	0.957	0.792	0.228
BMI (kg/m2)	-0.032	0.083	0.700
CAP (dB/m)	0.022	0.010	0.026a	0.041	0.009	< 0.001b
LS IQR (kPa)	0.329	0.109	0.003b	0.294	0.022	0.451
Histology at biopsy
Steatosis	-0.895	0.490	0.069	-0.532	0.445	0.233
Lobular inflammation	1.134		0.082	0.152		0.776
	1.366	0.650	0.008b	0.638	0.532	0.131
Ballooning	2.769	0.509	< 0.001b	2.665	0.421	< 0.001b
Fibrosis		0.331			0.344

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01. SE: Standard error; BMI: Body mass index; CAP: Controlled attenuated parameter; LS IQR: Liver stiffness interquartile range.