Figure 2. Serum autotaxin levels are higher in patients with decompensated disease and distinct complications of liver cirrhosis as compared to patients without complications.

Patients with decompensated cirrhosis (A), hepatic encephalopathy (B), esophageal varices (C) and portal hypertensive gastropathy (D) show higher serum autotaxin levels. P values referring to differences between the groups were calculated with the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. (E) Correlation between LPA levels and ATX serum levels in patients with liver cirrhosis. The correlation coefficient was calculated by the Spearman test.