Cytokeratin 18 fragment is associated with steatosis-associated fibrosis estimator score and lipid in patients with steatotic liver disease

Table 5 Correlation of cytokeratin 18 fragment with clinical factors: Clinical factors

	Factors	Total protein	AST	ALT	AST/ALT	γ-glutamyl transpeptidase	Ferritin	TG	HDL	TG/HDL	Hemoglobin A1c
Cytokeratin 18 fragment	R	0.1467	0.4822	0.2819	−0.1157	0.1511	0.3288	0.5594	−0.2406	0.5966	0.1983
	n	123	123	123	123	123	108	123	123	123	119
	P value	0.10258	< 0.00001	0.00145	0.19886	0.09258	0.00045	< 0.00001	0.00689	< 0.00001	0.02923

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; TG: Triglyceride; R: Correlation coefficient.