Table 2 Association between the five biomarkers and the stage of fibrosis (METAVIR F score) and between the biomarkers and the presence of steatosis

APRI

0.34 (−0.03–0.63), p = 0.06

0.42 (0.08–0.68), p = 0.02

M-APRI

0.44 (0.08–0.69), p = 0.01

0.40 (0.05–0.67), p = 0.02

FIB-4

0.18 (−0.20–0.51), p = 0.35

0.09 (−0.27–0.44), p = 0.61

M-FIB-4

0.36 (−0.01–0.64), p = 0.05

0.40 (0.04–0.66), p = 0.02

B-AST

0.56 (0.24–0.77), p = 0.001

0.32 (−0.05–0.61), p = 0.08