. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2017 Jun 22;67(5):1018–1025. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.06.014

Table 2.

Correlation analysis between peripheral and suprahepatic MIF and biochemical parameters in AH patients.

	Peripheral Blood MIF (n=65)		Suprahepatic Blood MIF (n=58)
MIF ng/mL (mean±SEM)	37.0 ± 5.0		60.8 ± 9.4
Biochemical parameters	Pearson’s r coefficient	p-value	Pearson’s r coefficient	p-value
Leucocyte count (10⁹)	−0.06	0.6	0.16	0.2
Bilirubin serum levels (mg/dl)	0.008	0.9	0.30	0.02
AST (IU/l)	−0.13	0.2	0.28	0.03
ALT (IU/l)	−0.10	0.4	0.1	0.9
Cholesterol serum levels (mg/dL)	−0.12	0.3	0.25	0.8
Triglycerides serum levels(mg/dl)	0.1	0.9	0.27	0.04
GGT (IU/l)	−0.13	0.3	0.40	0.002
Albumin (g/dl)	−0.05	0.6	−0.05	0.6
Alkaline Phosphatase (IU/l)	−0.08	0.5	0.05	0.7
HVPG (mmHg)	−0.12	0.3	−0.10	0.4