Serum complement C4a and its relation to liver fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis C

Table 4 Correlation of complement C4a with laboratory and histopathological parameters in liver biopsy

Parameter	C4a (mg/L)
	r	P value
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	-0.022	0.910
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)	-0.038	0.841
Albumin (g/L)	0.162	0.393
Alanine transaminase (U/L)	-0.148	0.332
Aspartate transaminase (U/L)	-0.026	0.891
Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L)	0.000	1.000
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	0.176	0.446
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	-0.100	0.599
White blood cells (× 103/L)	0.054	0.777
Platelets (× 103/L)	0.228	0.226
HCV-RNA (IU/mL)	-0.210	0.265
Fibrosis stage	-0.208	0.269
Activity grade	-0.114	0.548

HCV: Hepatitis C virus.