Multimarker model for non-invasive assessment of variceal bleeding in chronic hepatitis C cirrhotic patients

Table 10 Spearman's correlation between thyroid function and clinical parameters in group I and group II¹

Parameter	TSH1		FT31		FT41		TSH2		FT32		FT42
	ρ	P value	ρ	P value	ρ	P value	ρ	P value	ρ	P value	ρ	P value
OV grades	0.25	0.17	-0.61	< 0.001	-0.22	0.23	0.38	0.03	-0.51	< 0.001	-0.32	0.07
INR	-0.11	0.55	-0.35	0.04	-0.22	0.22	0.17	0.35	0.10	0.57	0.16	0.37
Child-Pugh score	0.26	0.15	-0.43	0.01	-0.16	0.37	0.33	0.06	-0.33	0.05	-0.31	0.08
PLT (× 103/μL)	-0.03	0.86	0.28	0.12	0.21	0.25	-0.23	0.20	0.40	0.02	0.19	0.29
Spleen size (cm)	-0.19	0.29	-0.05	0.77	-0.15	0.41	0.05	0.77	-0.15	0.40	0.04	0.81

¹Group I.

²Group II.

Data are expressed as Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (ρ) and corresponding P-values. TSH: Thyroid-stimulating hormone; OV: Oesophageal varices; FT3: Free triiodothyronine; FT4: Free thyroxine; PLT: Platelet count; INR: International normalized ratio.