Intriguing findings of liver fibrosis following COVID-19

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Spearmen rank correlation coefficients in the acute COVID-19 group

	Age	FIB-4	HA	AST	ALT	LDH	CRP	IL-6	Ferritin
FIB-4 n	0.48*** 66	–
HA n	0.51*** 66	0.50*** 66	–
AST n	0.23 66	0.60*** 66	0.52*** 66	–
ALT n	0.05 66	0.19 66	0.39** 62	0.71*** 66	–
LDH n	0.36** 66	0.41*** 62	0.52*** 62	0.51*** 66	0.33** 62	–
CRP n	0.34** 66	0.14 66	0.20 66	0.29* 66	0.11 66	0.53** 62	–
IL-6 n	0.32* 53	0.41** 53	0.35** 53	0.48*** 53	0.30* 53	0.51*** 61	0.49*** 53	–
Ferritin n	0.13 65	0.30* 65	0.31* 65	0.55*** 65	0.36** 65	0.53*** 61	0.45*** 57	0.42** 52	–
SpO₂ n	− 0.35*** 57	− 0.23 57	− 0.49*** 57	− 0.36** 57	− 0.34** 57	− 0.67** 53	− 0.57*** 57	− 0.50*** 44	− 0.46*** 56

HA, hyaluronic acid; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin 6; SpO₂, blood oxygen saturation. ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

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