Table 3.
Correlation between BMD and serum cytokines, and biochemical markers in children with chronic hepatitis C treated with IFN-alpha.
| IL-1β | .501** | ||||||||||||
| IL-2r | .075 | .096 | |||||||||||
| IL-6 | .167 | -.101 | -.163 | ||||||||||
| IL-8 | .137 | .251 | .248 | -.126 | |||||||||
| PTH | .005 | -.012 | .009 | .121 | .088 | ||||||||
| s-CTX | -.087 | -.253 | .140 | -.060 | .372** | -.155 | |||||||
| ALP | -.013 | -.049 | -.055 | -.092 | .361** | -.102 | .179 | ||||||
| Osteocalcin | .105 | -.355** | .016 | .135 | -.205 | -.101 | .256 | -.006 | |||||
| ALT | .189 | .494** | .087 | -.161 | .243 | .122 | -.257 | .251 | -.206 | ||||
| AST | .214 | .528** | .125 | -.192 | .253 | .089 | -.222 | .252 | -.155 | .960** | |||
| L2–4 BMD | -.159 | .019 | -.330* | .036 | .138 | .226 | .122 | .072 | -.118 | .122 | .084 | ||
| Femur Neck BMD | -.112 | -.043 | -.246 | .025 | .105 | .179 | .067 | .303* | -.034 | .163 | .097 | .704** | |
| Trochanter BMD | -.111 | -.039 | -.237 | -.006 | .123 | .090 | .017 | .365** | -.125 | .198 | .125 | .697** | .943** |
| TNF-α | IL-1β | IL-2r | IL-6 | IL-8 | PTH | s-CTX | ALP | Osteocalcin | ALT | AST | L2–4 BMD | Femur Neck BMD |
** Correlation is sigificant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).