Liver stiffness in the hepatitis B virus carrier: A non-invasive marker of liver disease influenced by the pattern of transaminases

Table 4 Factors associated with FS values at uni and multivariate analysis in 83 untreated non-cirrhotic CHB patients

Variable		Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
		P	B	95% CI	P
Age	yr	NS
Sex	Male	0.062			NS
Alcohol introduction	>60 g/d	NS
Diabetes	Present	NS
Hyperlipemia	Present	NS
BMI	> 25 kg/m2	NS
ALT	Log10 IU/mL	< 0.001	3.028	1.408-5.008	0.001
Biochemical remission	Present	0.017			NS
HBV-DNA serum levels	Log10 IU/mL	0.075			NS
Necroinflammation score	≥ 10/18	< 0.001	1.611	0.117-3.104	0.035
Disease stage1	S3-S4	< 0.001	3.054	1.318-4.789	0.001

¹CHB S0-S2 vs S3-S4; NS: No significance.