Attenuation imaging for hepatic steatosis in chronic hepatitis B vs metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Table 3 Factors associated with attenuation coefficient

Characteristic	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	Coefficient	95%CI	P value	Coefficient	95%CI	P value
Male gender	0.040	-0.006 to 0.087	0.090
Age	-0.005	-0.007 to -0.003	< 0.001a	0	-0.002 to 0.002	0.770
BMI	0.012	-0.009 to 0.014	< 0.001a	0.006	0.004 to 0.008	< 0.001a
Fasting glucose	0.017	0.006 to 0.027	0.002a	0.004	-0.003 to 0.012	0.250
AST	0	0 to 0	0.060
ALT	0	0 to 0	0.341
ALP	0	-0.001 to 0	0.169
GGT	0	0 to 0	0.946
TG	0.016	0.009 to 0.024	< 0.001a	0.008	0.002 to 0.014	0.008a
HDL-C	-0.201	-0.277 to -0.123	< 0.001a	-0.024	-0.088 to 0.040	0.462
Steatosis grade	0.134	0.116 to 0.151	< 0.001a	0.097	0.077 to 0.116	< 0.001a
Fibrosis stage	0.040	0.018 to 0.063	< 0.001a	-0.003	-0.020 to 0.015	0.769

^aP < 0.05.

CI: Confidence interval; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein cholesterol.