Table IV.

Correlation between serum C4a levels and blood laboratory parameters in PNALT subjects.

Parameter	Correlation coefficient	P-valuea
HCV core antigen	0.06	0.73
White blood cell	−0.06	0.72
Hematocrit	−0.06	0.12
Platelet	0.12	0.51
Albumin	0.03	0.88
γ-globulin	−0.05	0.77
AST	−0.39	0.02
ALT	−0.47	<0.01
Total-bilirubin	−0.07	0.69
Total cholesterol	0.05	0.76
Ferritin	−0.18	0.30
Hyaluronic acid	−0.23	0.17
Type IV collagen	−0.04	0.82
α-fetoprotein	−0.29	0.09
DCP	−0.07	0.69

PNALT, persistently normal alanine aminotransferase; HCV, hepatitis C virus; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; DCP, des-γ-carboxy prothrombin.

^aP-values were assessed by Spearman’s rank correlation analysis.