Elevated circulating soluble interleukin-2 receptor in patients with chronic liver diseases is associated with non-classical monocytes

Table 2 Correlation analysis

	sIL-2R in liver disease patients
	(n = 71)
	r	p
*Liver Function*
albumin	−0.496	<0.001
pseudocholinesterase	−0.484	<0.001
international normalized ratio	0.349	0.003
bilirubin	0.265	0.025
alkaline phosphatase	0.248	0.037
*Hepatic fibrosis*
hyaluronic acid	0.383	0.003
procollagen-III-peptide	0.514	<0.001
*Inflammation*
total monocytes	0.366	0.002
CD14⁺⁺CD16^- monocytes	0.332	0.006
CD14⁺CD16⁺ monocytes	0.402	0.001
IL-2	0.310	0.010
IL-4	0.271	0.025
IL-6	0.476	0.000
IL-8 (CXCL8)	0.308	0.011
IL-10	0.388	0.001
IFNγ	0.297	0.014
G-CSF	0.239	0.049
MIP1α (CCL3)	0.359	0.002
MIP1β (CCL4)	0.244	0.045
MIG (CXCL9)	0.329	0.006
IP-10 (CXCL10)	0.340	0.005
fractalkine (CX3CL1)	0.398	0.001
*Renal Function*
cystatin C	0.603	<0.001
creatinine	0.301	0.011
urea	0.266	0.026

sIL-2R serum concentrations were correlated with various routine and experimental laboratory parameters. Only significant correlations are shown. Spearman rank correlation test, p < 0.05.

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