Table 3. VCAM-1 outperforms the pro-inflammatory cytokines as a biomarker of no fibrosis versus advanced fibrosis.

Pro-inflammatory Cytokines	AUROC	95% CI	p-value
IL-6	0.83	0.67; 0.98	0.0024
CRP	0.51	0.30; 0.72	NS
TNFα	0.63	0.43; 0.83	NS
VCAM-1	0.87	0.75; 1.00	0.0005

AUROC, area under the receiver operating curve; CI, confidence intervals; NS, not statistically significant