Table 1.
Correlation of anthropometric and laboratory data with fibrosis stage according to METAVIR score (means±standard deviation).
| Degree of Fibrosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F0(n=8) | F1(n=43) | F2(n=31) | F3 (n=23) | F4(n=2) | |
| Age (years) | 40.6±9.8 | 44.8±10.9 | 49.9±9.9 | 53.8±8.9 | 56.5±3.5 |
| BMI | 25.5±2.7 | 24.7±2.8 | 24.9±3.0 | 25.6±2.6 | 23.9±5.5 |
| WC (cm) | 94.3±8.1 | 92.1±6.7 | 92.1±8.3 | 94.5±7.8 | 92±15.5 |
| SLD (cm) | 1.6±0.1 | 1.5±0.2 | 1.5±0.3 | 1.6±0.4 | 1.6±0.7 |
| AST (U/L) | 25.8±7 | 35.9±13.2 | 46.5±31.3 | 57.2±39.7 | 181±15.5 |
| ALT (U/L) | 32.1±16.3 | 47.8±24.4 | 65.9±67.7 | 75.0±57.6 | 136.5±16.2 |
| AP (U/L) | 66.7±16.1 | 66.3±17.9 | 71.7±22.1 | 71.2±23.3 | 227.5±136.4 |
| γGT(U/L) | 56.1±69.8 | 54.4±41.6 | 142.2±169.3 | 105.4±95.9 | 249±16.9 |
| ALB (g/dL) | 4.2±0.2 | 4.4±0.3 | 4.5±0.2 | 4.3±0.4 | 4.05±0.2 |
| INR | 1.0±0.1 | 1.0±0.1 | 1.0±0.1 | 1.0±0.1 | 1.1±0.1 |
| PTL (/mm3) | 237x103±36x103 | 234x103±57x103 | 214x103±46x103 | 194x103±66x103 | 118x103±35x103 |
BMI=body mass index, WC=waist circumference, SLD=skin-liver distance, AST=aspartate aminotransferase, ALT=alanine aminotransferase, FA=alkaline phosphatase, γGT=gamma glutamyltransferase, ALB=albumin; INR=international normalized ratio, PTL= platelet count.