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. 2022 Feb 27;14(2):429–441. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i2.429

Table 3.

Correlations between serum and antral expression of β-arrestin-2 and different study parameters

Serum β-Arr-2 level
 β-Arr-2 expression in the gastric antrum
rs
P value
rs
P value
Age 0.101 0.43 0.16 0.14
Child-Pugh class 0.11 0.34 0.08 0.45
INR 0.121 0.19 0.11 0.34
Serum albumin -0.191 0.07 -0.12 0.26
Serum bilirubin 0.121 0.19 0.03 0.77
Presence of ascites 0.11 0.30 0.14 0.18
Platelets count -0.381 < 0.001 -0.28 0.008
Baseline EV grade 0.48 < 0.001 0.30 0.004
Baseline PHG grade 0.33 0.002 0.38 < 0.001
Baseline congestion index 0.361 < 0.001 0.32 0.002
Antral β-Arr-2expression 0.72 < 0.001 - -
Corpus β-Arr-2 expression 0.17 0.10 0.11 0.28
Duodenal β-Arr-2 expression 0.19 0.07 0.13 0.23
AST -0.231 0.03 -0.25 0.019
APRI score 0.341 < 0.001 0.25 0.039
Non-selective B-blocker dose 0.151 0.15 0.03 0.73
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Pearson’s correlation. APRI: Aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; β-Arr-2: β-Arrestin-2; EV: Esophageal varices; INR: International normalization ratio; PHG: Portal hypertensive gastropathy.