Table 2. Correlations between liver hepcidin mRNA, serum hepcidin, ferritin and clinical characteristics of patients.
Variables | Liver hepcidinmRNA | Serum hepcidin(ng/ml) | Ferritin(ng/ml) | Hepcidin mRNA/log ferritin | Serum hepcidin/log ferritin | |||||
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Statistics | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P |
Age | 0.11 | 0.202 | -0.23 | 0.011 | 0.05 | 0.598 | 0.12 | 0.185 | -0.23 | 0.009 |
ALT (IU/L) | -0.09 | 0.313 | 0.12 | 0.168 | 0.35 | <0.001 | -0.16 | 0.081 | 0.07 | 0.428 |
AST (IU/L) | -0.09 | 0.326 | 0.07 | 0.406 | 0.23 | 0.010 | -0.14 | 0.114 | 0.04 | 0.658 |
γGT (IU/L) | -0.19 | 0.028 | -0.14 | 0.124 | 0.11 | 0.236 | -0.21 | 0.017 | -0.16 | 0.069 |
ALP (IU/L) | -0.14 | 0.126 | -0.21 | 0.020 | -0.06 | 0.509 | -0.15 | 0.094 | -0.20 | 0.022 |
Billirubin (mg/dL) | 0.14 | 0.125 | -0.01 | 0.896 | 0.27 | 0.002 | 0.08 | 0.391 | -0.05 | 0.562 |
Hemoglobin (g/L) | 0.07 | 0.456 | 0.27 | 0.002 | 0.23 | 0.009 | 0.03 | 0.759 | 0.23 | 0.010 |
Ferritin | 0.25 | 0.006 | 0.12 | 0.192 | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.389 | -0.03 | 0.716 |
Albumin (g/L) | 0.09 | 0.309 | 0.20 | 0.029 | 0.14 | 0.126 | 0.07 | 0.466 | 0.18 | 0.043 |
INR | 0.07 | 0.420 | 0.01 | 0.865 | 0.15 | 0.092 | 0.05 | 0.555 | -0.01 | 0.918 |
Liver hepcidin mRNA | NA | NA | 0.08 | 0.396 | 0.25 | 0.006 | NA | NA | 0.05 | 0.585 |
Serum hepcidin | 0.08 | 0.396 | NA | NA | 0.12 | 0.192 | 0.06 | 0.505 | NA | NA |
NA: not applicable.