The Relationship between Inflammatory Marker Levels and Hepatitis C Virus Severity

Table 3

Risk factors associated with the presence of cirrhosis in patients with chronic HCV infection.

	β	SE	Wald	value	OR	95% CI
Age (years)	−0.072	0.044	2.673	0.102	0.931	0.854–1.014
AAR	0.085	1.130	0.006	0.940	1.089	0.119–9.981
APRI	−0.510	0.372	1.880	0.170	0.600	0.289–1.245
FIB-4	1.522	0.497	9.363	0.002	4.579	1.728–12.135
RDW (%)	0.402	1.187	4.618	0.032	1.494	1.036–2.155

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. AAR: aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio; APRI: aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index; FIB-4: fibrosis index based on the 4 factors; RDW: red cell distribution width.