Usefulness of ascitic fluid lactoferrin levels in patients with liver cirrhosis

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Correlation of ascitic lactoferrin level with clinical and laboratory variables in all patients (n = 102)

Variables	r	P value
Age (years)	0.082	0.415
WBC count in ascitic fluid (cells/mL)	0.529	<0.001
PMN count in ascitic fluid (cells/mL)	0.633	<0.001
Serum WBC count (cells/mL)	0.110	0.273
Serum PMN count (cells/mL)	0.200	0.044
Serum hemoglobin level (g/dL)	0.093	0.351
Serum platelet level (×1000/μl)	−0.253	0.018
Serum CRP	0.355	<0.001
Serum bilirubin level (g/dL)	0.132	0.187
Serum PT-INR	0.232	0.019
Serum albumin level (g/dL)	−0.023	0.820
Child-Pugh score	0.248	0.012

WBC White blood cells, PMN Polymorphonuclear cell, CRP C-reactive protein, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio

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