Table 2.

Correlation of PIIINP with clinical and laboratory data by Spearman non-parametric tests.

Variables	No. Pts available	Correlation coefficient	Sig. (2-tailed)
Age	108	0.028	0.771
Sex	108	−0.047	0.628
Hepatic encephalopathy	108	0.079	0.414
Ascites	108	0.046	0.636
Hydrothorax on chest X ray or CT scans	88	0.114	0.292
Red blood cell	108	0.014	0.890
Hemoglobin	108	0.055	0.574
White blood cell	108	0.133	0.170
Platelet	108	−0.075	0.443
Total bilirubin	108	0.074	0.448
Albumin	107	−0.122	0.212
Alanine aminotransferase	108	−0.019	0.843
Aspartate aminotransferase	108	−0.016	0.871
Alkaline phosphatase	108	−0.113	0.246
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase	108	0.006	0.955
Blood urea nitrogen	106	−0.018	0.858
Creatinine	106	0.038	0.700
Potassium	108	−0.047	0.629
Sodium	108	−0.058	0.554
Prothrombin time	105	0.019	0.844
International normalized ratio	105	0.065	0.512
Child-Pugh score	104	0.081	0.414
Model for end stage liver diseases (MELD) score	104	0.090	0.363