Table 5.

Correlation between the elevations in aspartate aminotransferase and the scores of hepatitis and mononuclear cell infiltration of primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune hepatitis

Scores of inflammatory cells at the interface vs elevation of aspartate aminotransferase	Primary biliary cirrhosis1		Autoimmune hepatitis
	r	P value	r	P value
Scores of interface hepatitis	0.3600	0.0286	0.1427	0.3796
Scores of lobular hepatitis	0.4056	0.0128	0.4444	0.0041
Scores of CD3+ cells at the interface	0.4172	0.0114	0.1540	0.4724
Scores of CD3+ in the lobules	0.3487	0.0371	0.4306	0.0357
Scores of CD4+ at the interface	0.4410	0.0071	-0.1122	0.6017
Scores of CD4+ in the lobules	0.4478	0.0062	0.3033	0.1496
Scores of CD8+ at the interface	0.3466	0.0384	0.3051	0.1471
Scores of CD8+ in the lobules	0.1802	0.2929	0.7074	0.0001
Scores of CD38+ at the interface	0.6010	0.0001	0.0969	0.6601
Scores of CD38+ in the lobules	0.3821	0.0215	0.1541	0.4827
Scores of IgG+ at the interface	0.3909	0.0184	0.1381	0.5200
Scores of IgM+ at the interface	0.5436	0.0006	-0.1372	0.5225

¹With interface hepatitis.