Table 3.

Correlation between mitochondria DNA oxidative index and clinical findings in hepatitis C virus-infected patients

Characteristics	Correlation statistics
	r	P value
Age (yr)	0.16	0.06
Laboratory data
AST (IU/L)	0.15	0.08
ALT (IU/L)	0.09	0.25
Hb (g/dL)	-0.06	0.47
Platelet count (103/mL)	-0.22	< 0.01
WBC count (103/mL)	-0.13	0.13
HCV RNA	0.36	< 0.01
Liver histology
Inflammatory activity	0.20	0.02
Fibrosis staging	0.05	0.61

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; Hb: Hemoglobin; WBC: White blood cell.