Table 3.
Correlation between noninvasive serum markersand histologic fibrosis in chronic liver disease (n =70)
| Fibrosis stage | r | P value |
| Age | 0.344 | 0.004 |
| Hemoglobin | -0.281 | 0.018 |
| Platelet | -0.514 | < 0.001 |
| Albumin | -0.505 | < 0.001 |
| AST | 0.215 | 0.074 |
| ALT | -0.087 | 0.475 |
| Total bilirubin | 0.302 | 0.011 |
| GGT | 0.236 | 0.049 |
| Prothrombin time (INR) | 0.479 | < 0.001 |
| APRI | 0.390 | 0.001 |
| Hyaluronic acid1 | 0.708 | < 0.001 |
| Type IV collagen1 | 0.691 | < 0.001 |
| Liver stiffness by SWE | 0.774 | < 0.001 |
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n = 61. AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma glutamyltranspeptidase; INR: International normalized ratio; APRI: Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; SWE: Shear wave elastography.