Table 3.
Associations among analysed molecules—protein level
| Proteins | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEPH | DCYTB | FPN1 | Hepcidin | |
| DMT1 | ||||
| ALD | 0.792*** | 0.471* | ns | ns |
| Controls | 0.490* | ns | ns | ns |
| All | 0.580*** | 0.314* | ns | ns |
| Hepcidin | ||||
| ALD | ns | ns | ns | |
| Controls | ns | ns | ns | |
| All | ns | ns | ns | |
| FPN1 | ||||
| ALD | 0.428* | 0.719*** | ||
| Controls | 0.580** | 0.601** | ||
| All | 0.482*** | 0.632*** | ||
| DCYTB | ||||
| ALD | 0.485* | |||
| Controls | ns | |||
| All | 0.391** | |||
Spearman rank correlation, only statistically significant data are shown, statistically significant differences are indicated by
*
P < 0.05,
**
P < 0.01 and
***
P < 0.001, ns - not significant.