Clinical Profile and Limitations in the Management of HBV Patients Attending Clinic at a District Hospital in Ghana

Table 4

Predictors of liver cirrhosis and HCC.

Asymptomatic	RRR Std. err. (base outcome)	Std error			95% confidence interval
Liver cirrhosis
APRI	2.35	0.47	4.30	0.001	1.59	3.48
ALT	1.00	0.01	0.40	0.69	0.99	1.01
Sex	0.48	0.25	-1.44	0.15	0.18	1.31
Age	1.13	0.03	4.66	0.001	1.07	1.19
_cons	0.00	0.00	-5.64	0.001	0.00	0.01
HCC
APRI	1.16	1.05	0.17	0.87	0.20	6.85
ALT	1.00	0.02	0.27	0.79	0.97	1.04
Sex	0.00	0.00	-0.01	0.99	0.00	.
Age	1.24	0.10	2.61	0.001	1.06	1.47
_cons	0.00	0.00	-2.78	0.01	0.00	0.02

APRI = AST-platelet ratio index; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase.