Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Table 3 The correlation between age and variable laboratory data, and the stage of fibrosis and grade of necroinflammatory activity

Variable	Stage of fibrosis		Grade of activity
	Correlation coefficient	P value	Correlation coefficient	P value
Age	0.4	0.0003	0.3	0.005
AST	0.3	0.003	0.3	0.006
ALT	0.2	0.07	0.9	0.1
Alkaline phosphatase	0.3	0.006	0.2	0.08
Total bilirubin	0.2	0.07	0.3	0.003
Albumin	-0.3	0.002	-0.2	0.08
INR	0.4	0.001	0.2	0.13
Platelet count	-0.5	0.000001	-0.4	0.0002
HCV RNA load	-0.07	0.5	0.07	0.5

AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; INR: International normalized ratio; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.