Table 2.

Correlations of serum sTim-3 levels with other parameters according to clinical diseases in patients with chronic HBV infection

Group (n)	Parameter	r	P-value
ASC (n=59)	Gender (M/F)	−0.137	0.301
	Age	0.334	0.010
	HBV DNA	−0.115	0.386
	ALT	0.114	0.391
	AST	0.059	0.657
	Tbil	0.195	0.139
	Albumin	−0.287	0.028
CH (n=55)	Gender (M/F)	−0.073	0.595
	Age	−0.074	0.589
	HBV DNA	0.077	0.575
	ALT	0.493	<0.001
	AST	0.552	<0.001
	Tbil	0.384	0.004
	Albumin	−0.507	<0.001
LC (n=90)	Gender (M/F)	0.849	0.020
	Age	0.049	0.645
	HBV DNA	0.421	<0.001
	ALT	0.399	<0.001
	AST	0.480	<0.001
	Tbil	0.506	<0.001
	Albumin	−0.474	<0.001
HCC (n=84)	Gender (M/F)	0.183	0.096
	Age	0.012	0.911
	HBV DNA	0.213	0.052
	ALT	0.239	0.031
	AST	0.423	<0.001
	Tbil	0.601	<0.001
	Albumin	−0.372	<0.001
All (n=288)	Gender (M/F)	−0.108	0.068
	Age	0.372	<0.001
	HBV DNA	0.288	<0.001
	ALT	0.426	<0.001
	AST	0.623	<0.001
	Tbil	0.592	<0.001
	Albumin	−0.687	<0.001

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; HBV, hepatitis B virus; Tbil, total bilirubin; ASC, chronic asymptomatic HBV carrier; CH, chronic hepatitis; LC, liver cirrhosis; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; sTim-3, soluble T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain containing molecule-3.