Table 2.

Correlation (Spearman) between IL-18 serum concentrations and selected parameters.

	r	p
ALT	0.20	0.036
AST	0.21	0.032
GGT	0.23	0.016
Bilirubin	−0.13	0.185
Total cholesterol	−0.02	0.811
HDL-C	−0.08	0.399
LDL-C	−0.02	0.841
TG	0.21	0.027
Glucose	0.11	0.253
Insulin	0.07	0.462
HOMA - IR	0.08	0.396
Uric acid	−0.04	0.704
hsCRP	0.36	0.014
Ferritin	0.05	0.599
A1AT	−0.05	0.588
USG grade of steatosis	0.19	0.044
1HMRS	0.12	0.252
BMI	−0.12	0.219
Waist	−0.29	0.009