Serum Cytokeratin-18 Is Associated with NOX2-Generated Oxidative Stress in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Table 4

Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis of independent predictors of serum cytokeratin-18 levels in 209 subjects with NAFLD.

	𝐵	S.E.	𝑃	95.0% C.I. for 𝐵
				Lower	Upper
BMI (kg/m^2)	2.145	0.710	0.003	0.743	3.546
Adiponectin (ng/mL)	−2.121	0.892	0.005	−4.282	−0.760
sNOX2-dp (pg/mL)	0.523	0.235	0.027	0.059	0.986

Variables entered in step 1: age, BMI, HOMA-IR, serum triglycerides, ALT and adiponectin, urinary 8-iso-PGF2α, sNOX2-dp, Hamaguchi score, and spleen diameter.