Table 2.

Correlation of Serum B Cell-Activating Factor Levels with Other Parameters According to Clinical Diseases of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Clinical disease (n)	Parameter	r	P value
ASC (33)	Gender (M/F)	−0.087	0.632
	Age	0.208	0.245
	HBV DNA	−0.229	0.199
	ALT	0.526	0.002
	AST	0.348	0.047
	Tbil	0.200	0.266
	Albumin	0.101	0.577
CH (53)	Gender (M/F)	−0.141	0.314
	Age	0.220	0.113
	HBV DNA	0.212	0.127
	ALT	0.433	0.001
	AST	0.545	<0.001
	Tbil	0.383	0.005
	Albumin	−0.083	0.556
LC (72)	Gender (M/F)	0.197	0.097
	Age	0.008	0.946
	HBV DNA	0.098	0.413
	ALT	0.085	0.479
	AST	0.208	0.079
	Tbil	0.186	0.118
	Albumin	−0.191	0.107
HCC (74)	Gender (M/F)	0.171	0.144
	Age	0.070	0.555
	HBV DNA	−0.069	0.558
	ALT	−0.011	0.924
	AST	0.023	0.845
	Tbil	0.329	0.004
	Albumin	−0.422	<0.001
	AFP	0.061	0.604
All (232)	Gender (M/F)	−0.038	0.569
	Age	0.361	<0.001
	HBV DNA	−0.004	0.948
	ALT	0.037	0.576
	AST	0.117	0.076
	Tbil	0.237	<0.001
	Albumin	−0.371	<0.001

AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; BAFF, B cell activating factor.