Hyperferritinemia is a risk factor for steatosis in chronic liver disease

Table 3 Predictors of steatosis in 124 patients by logistic regression model

Predictor	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age (yr)	0.962 (0.923-1.002)	0.060	0.97 (0.94-1.14)	0.23
Sex	0.455 (0.160-1.297)	0.14	-	-
BMI (kg/m2)	1.050 (0.96-1.14)	0.23	-	-
ALT-UNL	0.997 (0.993-1.001)	0.12	-	-
AST-UNL	0.998 (0.994-1.002)	0.36	-	-
GGT-UNL	1.007 (1.001-1.013)	0.030	1.007 (1.003-1.014)	0.0043
Anti-HCV positivity	0.274 (0.110-0.682)	0.005	0.40 (0.20-1.10)	0.08
Platelet count × 103/cmm	1.000 (1.000-1.000)	0.24	-	-
Ferritin (ng/mL)	1.002 (1.001-1.004)	0.0006	1.003 (1.002-1.004)	0.0009
Serum Iron (&mgr;g/dL)	0.999 (0.991-1.008)	0.84	-	-
HFE mutations	0.796 (0.313-2.020)	0.63	-	-
Diabetes	0.995 (0.986-1.004)	0.28	-	-