The Prevalence and Determinants of Hepatic Steatosis Assessed by Controlled Attenuation Parameter in Thai Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Table 2

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with hepatic steatosis.

	Crude OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
BMI category
Normal (<23)	1		1
Overweight (23-24.9)	1.13 (0.33-3.81)	0.840	1.13 (0.34-3.80)	0.840
Obese (≥25)	8.41 (3.34-21.16)	<0.001	8.41 (3.34-21.16)	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus	3.37 (1.26-9.04)	0.016	3.37 (1.26-9.04)	0.016
AST ()	0.99 (0.98-0.99)	0.018	0.99 (0.98-1.00)	0.200
ALP ()	0.99 (0.98-0.99)	0.033	0.99 (0.98-1.01)	0.291
FIB-4 ()	0.87 (0.76-0.99)	0.036	0.96 (0.81-1.15)	0.684

BMI: body mass index; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; ULN: upper limit of normal; FIB-4: fibrosis-4 index; OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.