Fibrosis-4 Index Is Closely Associated with Arterial Damage and Future Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Associations between clinical characteristics and FIB4 index.

Clinical characteristics	Correlation coefficient	β-coefficient (95% CI)	value
Sex (men)		−0.049 (−0.242–0.143)	0.616
Body mass index	−0.097		0.122
Smoking habit (current)		−0.099 (−0.220–0.021)	0.105
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.051		0.417
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	−0.189		0.003
Hypertension		0.201 (−0.017–0.419)	0.071
Statin use		0.044 (−0.143–0.231)	0.642
HDL-CHOL (mmol/L)	0.095		0.131
LDL-CHOL (mmol/L)	−0.060		0.341
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.001		0.990
Uric acid (μmol/L)	0.052		0.413
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	−0.243		<0.001
HbA1c (%)	−0.206		0.001

FIB4 index, fibrosis-4 index; HDL-CHOL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-CHOL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; CI, confidence interval.