TABLE 1.

Correlation between serum IL‐18 concentration in patients with liver disease and healthy controls and the clinical indicators provided by Wuxi Fifth People's Hospital

Parameters	Correlation coefficient (r)	p‐value
TIM−3 (ng/mL)	0.275	0.003**
TBIL (μmol/L)	0.169	0.174
DBIL (μmol/L)	0.251	0.042*
TP (g/L)	−0.313	0.011*
ALB (g/L)	−0.187	0.133
IG (g/L)	−0.013	0.920
ALT (U/L)	0.327	0.007**
AST (U/L)	0.298	0.015*
AST/ALT	0.048	0.701
ALP (U/L)	0.211	0.090
GT (U/L)	0.244	0.048*
LD (U/L)	0.356	0.003**
UREA (mmol/L)	0.077	0.553
CRE (μmol/L)	0.225	0.081
URIC (μmol/L)	0.143	0.275

Abbreviations: ALB, albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; AST/ALT, aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase; CRE, creatinine; DBIL, direct bilirubin; GT, glutamyl transpeptidase; IG, globulin; LD, lactate dehydrogenase; TBIL, total bilirubin; TP, total protein; UREA, urea; URIC, uric acid.

^* p < 0.05,

^** p < 0.01.