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Table 3 The association between age, gender, opium use, alcohol consumption, and liver enzymes

From: Examining the association between opium use, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with the liver enzyme levels in a population-based study: Fasa Persian cohort data

Dependent variable

Independent variable

B

Std. error

t

P value

ALP

Age

1.438

0.074

21.295

< 0.0001

Oral opium

22.15

6.38

3.021

0.001

ALT

Gender

− 6.080

0.243

− 17.905

< 0.0001

Inhaled opium

− 3.566

0.418

− 8.652

< 0.0001

Age

− 0.102

0.015

− 6.880

< 0.0001

Oral opium

− 3.425

1.678

− 2.137

0.036

Alcohol consumption

2.182

1.021

2.251

0.024

Oral opium and alcohol consumption

3.84

0.89

4.139

0.004

AST

Gender

− 2.294

0.30.2

− 10.309

< 0.0001

Inhaled opium

− 0.528

0.224

− 2.629

0.005

Inhaled opium  +  alcohol consumption

2.032

0.98

2.67

0.042

  1. Linear regression (forward method)