TABLE 2.

Correlation Coefficient and the Respective P Values of the Various Biochemical Assays in the 110 Patients Studied

		Lipase	Amylase	Total Bilirubin	Direct Bilirubin	ALT	AST	GGT	CRP
Lipase	Correlation coefficient		0.708	0.061	0.044	0.138	−0.039	0.212	−0.115
	P		<0.001	0.525	0.647	0.151	0.685	0.026	0.23
Amylase	Correlation coefficient	0.708		0.145	0.095	0.244	0.024	0.312	−0.111
	P	<0.001		0.13	0.326	0.01	0.806	0.001	0.247

Significant relationships are reported in bold.

ALT indicates alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CRP, C-reactive protein; GGT, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase.