Insulin resistance is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C infection

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated serum adiponectin level in 188 patients with chronic HCV infection

	Univariate		Multivariate
	Coefficient	P value1	Regression coefficient	SE	P value3
Age	0.388	< 0.001	0.140	0.028	< 0.001
Male sex2	NA	< 0.001	-2.925	0.744	< 0.001
BMI	-0.281	< 0.001	-0.495	0.101	< 0.001
HCC2	NA	0.136	-	-	-
DM2	NA	0.629	-	-	-
Child-Pugh classification	0.107	0.145	-	-	-
AST (U/L)	0.159	0.030	-	-	-
ALT (U/L)	-0.096	0.195	-	-	-
Platelet (104/μL)	-0.198	0.009	-	-	-
Insulin (μU/mL)	-0.179	0.014	-	-	-
HOMA-IR	-0.290	< 0.001	-	-	-

¹P value by Spearman’s test or

²P value by Mann-Whitney U test;

³P value by stepwise linear regression analysis. NA: Not applicable.