Figure 5.

Associations between HBV-DNA viral loads and molecular degree of inflammatory perturbation. Spearman correlation analysis was employed to assess the correlations between the MDP score of each marker and HBV viral loads in patients with current HBV infection. (A) Bars show the rho values. Red bars infer the significant interactions (p-value < 0.05). (B) Lines represent linear adjustment of the curve with 95% confidence intervals for each parameter that was significantly correlated with HBV viral load. Abbreviations (alphabetic order): ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; CCL: C-C motif chemokine ligand; CXCL: C-X-C motif chemokine ligand; CRP: C-reactive protein; IFN: interferon; IL: interleukin; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.