Table 6A and Table 6B: Logistic regression analysis performed in order to assess which variables were independently related to raised sclerostin values (over the median).

B Standard error Wald Degrees of freedom p Odd ratio
1st step Prothrombin 0.045 0.017 6.780 1 0.009 1.046
Constant -3.322 1.377 5.820 1 0.016 0.036
2nd step Consumption (years) -0.082 0.036 5.271 1 0.022 0.921
Prothrombin 0.057 0.020 8.329 1 0.004 1.059
Constant -1.358 1.528 0.790 1 0.374 0.257


Punctuation Degrees of freedom p
Step 1 Variables Age 2.620 1 0.106
Daily ethanol consumption 0.597 1 0.440
Duration of consumption 5.887 1 0.015
Albumin 0.806 1 0.369
Bilirrubin 1.709 1 0.191
Handgrip 3.420 1 0.064
Left arm lean mass 0.029 1 0.865
Creatinine 2.855 1 0.091
Global statistics 15.137 8 0.057
Step 2 Variables Age 0.076 1 0.783
Daily ethanol consumption 0.979 1 0.323
Albumin 0.028 1 0.868
Bilirrubin 2.549 1 0.110
Handgrip 0.892 1 0.345
Left arm lean mass 0.397 1 0.529
Creatinine 1.929 1 0.165
Global statistics 9.132 7 0.243