Table 1.

Relationship between biochemical variables and the components of RAS.

Relationship	ACE mRNA	AT1 mRNA	ACE2 mRNA	MAS mRNA	Hepatic Ang II	Hepatic Ang(1–7)
ALT	r = 0.829⁎⁎	r = 0.496	r = 0.618⁎	r = 0.559⁎	r = 0.527⁎	r = 0.521⁎
	P < 0.0001	P = 0.060	P = 0.014	P = 0.030	P = 0.043	P = 0.047
AST	r = 0.661⁎⁎	r = 0.427	r = 0.672⁎⁎	r = 0.368	r = 0.461	r = 0.512
	P = 0.007	P = 0.112	P = 0.002	P = 0.178	P = 0.084	P = 0.051
TP	r = −0.53⁎	r = −0.449	r = 0.77⁎⁎	r = −0.288	r = -0.422	r = −0.224
	P = 0.044	P = 0.093	P = 0.006	P = 0.298	P = 0.117	P = 0.442

TP, total protein; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase.

Relationship analysis of data is compared by Pearson correlation coefficient and r is the correlation coefficient.

^⁎P < 0.05.

^⁎⁎P < 0.01.