Table 3.

Correlations of sST2 with Liver Function Parameters, CLIP Score, MELD Score, and IL-33.

	HCC Group		LC Group
	ρ	P Value	ρ	P Value
AFP	0.32	.008	NA	NA
CRP	0.51	<.0001	0.06	NS
CLIP	0.47	<.0001	NA	NA
MELD	0.33	.007	0.17	NS
AST	0.30	.01	0.27	.031
INR	0.05	NS	0.31	.01
IL-33	0.03	NS	-0.26	.035