Table 5 Cox regression analysis of 90-day transplant-free survival.

From: Adipocyte Fatty-Acid Binding Protein is Overexpressed in Cirrhosis and Correlates with Clinical Outcomes

Model 1

Variable

HR (95% CI)

p

Leukocytes (109/L)

2.2 (1.2–2.8)

<0.001

Hepatic Encephalopathy

2.0 (1.2–3.4)

0.02

MELD

1.1 (1.05–1.11)

<0.001

A-FABP4 > 37.2 ng/mL*

2.2 (1.2–4.1)

0.016

  1. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; AUROC 0.833.
  2. Variables included in the model: MELD, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, leukocyte count, L-FABP1, A-FABP4, acute kidney injury, ACLF.
  3. *A-FABP4 was not introduced in the model as a continuous variable because it did not have a normal distribution and there was no linearity between hazard ratios of different quartiles. A categorical distribution with the median value was used instead.
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