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Table 2 Spearman correlation of ferritin levels with laboratory parameters

From: Abnormal ferritin levels predict development of poor outcomes in cirrhotic outpatients: a cohort study

	All patients		Compensated		Decompensated
	Spearman r	p value	Spearman r	p value	Spearman r	p value
MELD score	0.107	0.104	− 0.018	0.868	0.287	0.001
Child–Pugh score	0.144	0.027	0.117	0.263	0.336	< 0.001
Albumin	− 0.018	0.777	0.048	0.635	− 0.136	0.107
Bilirubin	0.125	0.053	0.080	0.426	0.247	0.003
Creatinine	0.175	0.007	0.201	0.051	0.186	0.027
INR	− 0.044	0.503	− 0.167	0.109	0.124	0.140
AST	0.236	< 0.001	0.173	0.088	0.271	0.002
ALT	0.228	< 0.001	0.203	0.045	0.244	0.005
γGT	0.225	< 0.001	0.328	0.001	0.133	0.131
CRP	0.127	0.062	0.071	0.522	0.229	0.008
WBC	0.174	0.011	0.060	0.599	0.256	0.003
Neutrophil count	0.108	0.120	0.019	0.868	0.182	0.040
Lymphocyte count	0.166	0.017	0.097	0.391	0.212	0.016
sCD163	0.170	0.011	0.223	0.033	0.124	0.154
IgG	− 0.179	0.006	− 0.246	0.014	− 0.132	0.122
IgA	0.104	0.112	0.066	0.518	0.193	0.023
Hemoglobin	0.313	< 0.001	0.264	0.008	0.370	< 0.001
Hematocrit	0.300	< 0.001	0.290	0.004	0.327	< 0.001
MCH	0.510	< 0.001	0.360	< 0.001	0.634	< 0.001
MCV	0.487	< 0.001	0.312	0.002	0.629	< 0.001
Age	0.149	0.020	0.175	0.080	0.148	0.078

Values in bold indicate statistically significant tests
ALP alkaline phosphatase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, CRP C-reactive protein, γGT γ-glutamyl-transferase, INR international normalized ratio, MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MELD model for end stage liver disease, WBC, white blood cells

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