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| CHC |
FL |
NASH |
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| TGF-β1 |
Ferritin (17 females, F) |
Ferritin (21 F) |
Ferritin (19 F) |
| r = 0.35 |
r = 0.5 |
r = 0.46 |
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| P = 0.16 |
P < 0.001 |
P = 0.048 |
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| TGF-β1 |
Ferritin (19 males, M) |
Ferritin (24 M) |
Ferritin (23 M) |
| r = 0.06 |
r = 0.08 |
r = -0.26 |
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| P = 0.78 |
P = 0.8 |
P = 0.23 |
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| CRP |
ND |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
| r = 0.13 |
r = 0.36 |
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| P = 0.57 |
P = 0.13 |
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| CRP |
ND |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
| r = -0.49 |
r = -0.08 |
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| P = 0.01 |
P = 0.7 |
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| ALT |
Ferritin (females) |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
| r = 0.36 |
r = 0.04 |
r = -0.17 |
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| P = 0.18 |
P = 0.85 |
P = 0.48 |
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| ALT |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
| r = 0.42 |
r = -0.01 |
r = 0.42 |
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| P = 0.07 |
P = 0.95 |
P = 0.045 |
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| BMI |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
| rho = -0.13 |
rho = -0.05 |
rho = 0.14 |
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| P = 0.59 |
P = 0.8 |
P = 0.5 |
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| BMI |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
| rho = -0.24 |
rho = 0.3 |
rho = -0.22 |
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| P = 0.3 |
P = 0.14 |
P = 0.3 |
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| US score |
ND |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
| rho = -0.19 |
rho = -0.24 |
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| P = 0.4 |
P = 0.31 |
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| US score |
ND |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
| rho = -0.04 |
rho = -0.24 |
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| P = 0.85 |
P = 0.3 |
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| Fibrosis score |
Ferritin (F) |
ND |
Ferritin (F) |
| rho = 0.14 |
rho = -0.51 |
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| P = 0.37 |
P = 0.03 |
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| Fibrosis score |
Ferritin (M) |
ND |
Ferritin (M) |
| rho = 0.18 |
rho = 0.20 |
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| P = 0.44 |
P = 0.34 |
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| Age |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
Ferritin (F) |
| r = -077 |
r = -0.34 |
r = -0.01 |
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| P = 0.0003 |
P = 0.13 |
P = 0.68 |
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| Age |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
Ferritin (M) |
| r = 0.40 |
r = 0.29 |
r = -0.26 |
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| P = 0.08 |
P = 0.16 |
P = 0.23 |
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CHC, chronic hepatitis C; FL, fatty liver; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CRP, C reactive protein; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor beta1; BMI, body mass index; US score, hepatic steatosis score at ultrasound; r, Pearson's correlation coefficient and rho, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, chosen according to the variable distribution (normal or not normal as well as being ordinals, respectively); ND, not determined; F, females; M, males. | |||
Tarantino et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2008 6:72 doi:10.1186/1479-5876-6-72 |
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