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. 2004 Sep 15;10(18):2661–2665. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i18.2661

Table 4.

Correlation expressed by r-value and significance be-tween scored degree of hepatic inflammation or fibrosis and plasma levels of TGF-β1, TIMP-1 and MMP-1 in patients with chronic hepatitis B before lamivudine treatment

Inflammation
Fibrosis
Portal Lobular
TGF-β1 0.207 0.179 0.391a
TIMP-1 0.224 0.319 0.620a
MMP-1 0.009 -0.094 -0.135
a

P < 0.05 vs others.