Hepatitis B genotypes: Relation to clinical outcome in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Saudi Arabia

Table 4 Predisposing factors for advanced hepatitis B virus genotype D liver disease

	Variable	Coefficient	95% CI	P
	Age	-0.01	-0.02 to 0.0005	< 0.001
Univariate analysis	Gender	0.5	0.03 to 1.1	< 0.001
	AST	0.2	0.09 to 0.3	< 0.001
	ALT	0.04	0.01 to 0.03	< 0.001
	ALK	0.01	-0.001 to 0.02	< 0.001
	Albumin	-0.2	-0.3 to -0.9	< 0.001
	Bilirubin	0.08	0.0009 to 0.1	< 0.001
Multivariate analysis	Hemoglobin	-0.05	-0.08 to -0.03	0.001
	Albumin	-0.004	-0.007 to -0.001	0.002

CI: Confidence interval; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase.