Correlation of Serum Cardiac Markers with Acute Decompensating Events in Liver Cirrhosis

Table 4

Multivariate linear regression analysis of factors associated with the NT-pro BNP level.

Factors	No. Pts	Age-adjusted
		-coefficient (SE)	value
Age	158	0.302 (0.008)	<0.001
Gender	158	0.106 (0.214)	0.137
Acute decompensating events	158	0.432 (0.229)	<0.001
Ascites	158	0.175 (0.195)	0.014
Acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage	158	0.309 (0.183)	<0.001
ACLF	158	0.218 (0.384)	<0.001

Bold font indicates statistically significant values. Serum NT-pro BNP concentrations were log₁₀-transformed in order to normalize their distribution. Abbreviations: NT-pro BNP: N-Terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; SE: standard error; ACLF: acute-on-chronic liver failure.