Table 5.

Relationship between serum fibrosis parameters and PDGF-BB expression levels in liver tissues of different fibrosis stages

Staging of fibrosis(S)	Cases	PDGF-BB	HA (μg/L)	LN(μg/L)	PCIII(μg/L)	IV-C(μg/L)
S0	7	4.71 ± 1.50	102.67 ± 60.38	138.23 ± 17.69	137.80 ± 35.57	58.71 ± 17.40
S1	17	6.47 ± 2.50	168.74 ± 159.76	129.97 ± 30.15	143.91 ± 51.13	64.12 ± 20.26
S2	8	11.63 ± 5.66	434.86 ± 360.58	156.39 ± 39.06	163.74 ± 70.56	86.04 ± 41.94
S3	6	9.33 ± 2.73	430.60 ± 325.37	172.65 ± 39.77	192.65 ± 40.05	115.60 ± 30.62
S4	5	16.50 ± 5.74	392.30 ± 245.53	163.25 ± 26.26	154.68 ± 22.24	122.10 ± 21.34
Coefficients (r)		...	0.38a	0.33a	0.32a	0.40b

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01.