Liver and Nonliver-Related Outcomes at 2 Years Are Not Influenced by the Results of the FIB-4 Test and Liver Elastography in a Real-Life Cohort of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Univariate Cox regression analysis of predictors of occurrence of adverse events during the follow-up period.

	HR	95.0% CI for HR		value
		Lower	Upper
Gender	1.43	0.85	2.41	0.17
Age	1.04	1.01	1.08	0.02
BMI (kg/m^2)	1.00	0.97	1.04	0.81
VCTE (kPa)	0.99	0.91	1.07	0.78
CAP (dB/m)	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.05
FIB-4	2.63	1.08	6.39	0.03
Hypertension	1.44	0.76	2.74	0.27
Statin	1.35	0.80	2.28	0.26
Smoking	1.84	0.96	3.54	0.07
HbA1C	1.00	0.99	1.02	0.51
AST	0.96	0.92	1.00	0.04
ALT	1.02	1.00	1.04	0.05
GGT	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.46
ALP	1.00	0.99	1.01	0.72
PLT	1.01	1.00	1.01	0.03
TGL	0.91	0.76	1.10	0.35
CHOL	1.38	0.81	2.35	0.24
HDL	0.70	0.31	1.54	0.37
LDL	0.85	0.48	1.51	0.58

Statistically significant values (p < 0.05) are depicted in bold format. VCTE, vibration-controlled transient elastography; CAP, controlled attenuation parameter; BMI, body mass index; CHOL, total cholesterol; TGL, triglycerides.