highly significantP = 0.001
Apart from alcoholism, highly significant associations were also found in the subgroups of patients with AST > 37 U/L (OR 1.038, 95% C.I. 1.015–1.063, P = 0.001) and bilirubin > 0.8 mg/dL (OR 1.042, 95% C.I. 1.017–1.068, P = 0.001, Fig. 2 ).