Table 9 The results of logistic regression analysis for determining the presence or absence of “stiff rim sign”

TGF-β1^a

17.049

5.005

11.602

0.001

25,372,088.366

1392.462–462,305,423,321.366

Erk1/2

−3.985

7.253

0.302

0.583

0.019

0.000–27,728.468

Smad2/3

−5.140

6.000

0.734

0.392

0.006

0.000–750.258

AKT

6.854

5.871

1.363

0.243

947.442

0.010–94,159,513.24

PI3K

6.766

5.802

1.360

0.244

867.749

0.010–75,402,659.43

p38 MAPK

−1.128

4.253

0.070

0.791

0.324

0.000–1348.379

JNK2

2.039

5.253

0.151

0.698

7.686

0.000–227,464.510

Constant ^a

−5.977

1.501

15.851

0.000

0.003

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