Research Article

Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Concomitant Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Autoimmune Diseases: A Retrospective Study

Table 5

Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis of prognostic factors for overall survival of patients with primary biliary cholangitis.

Characteristic/parametersRR95% CI value

Age1.0100.992–1.0280.269
Child–Pugh score1.0260.861–1.2220.777
TBIL0.9950.980–1.0110.541
DBIL1.0100.988–1.0320.386
ALB0.9840.936–1.0350.540
WBC count1.0721.016–1.1300.011
Hb1.0010.991–1.0100.880
PLT0.9950.992–0.9980.003
PT/INR1.7991.010–3.2060.046
CREA1.0040.999–1.0080.099
Esophagogastric varices bleeding1.0830.555–2.1160.815
Hepatic encephalopathy1.5620.926–2.6360.095

TBIL: total bilirubin; DBIL: direct bilirubin; ALB: serum albumin; WBC count: white blood cell count; Hb: serum hemoglobin; PLT: platelet count; PT/INR: prothrombin time and international normalized ratio; CREA: plasma creatinine; SE: standard error; RR: relative risk or risk ratio; value < 0.05 was considered significant.