T cell immune response is correlated with fibrosis and inflammatory activity in hepatitis B cirrhotics

Table 1 Grouping of patients with LC

According to state of illness		According to virus replication
Group	n	Group	n
SLC	23	HBeAg (+)	6
ALC	20	HBeAg (-)	37

Table 2 Correlations between serum IFN- γ level and serological markers of fibrosis

	SLC			ALC
	PIIIP	HA	Collagen IV	PIIIP	HA	Collagen IV
Correlation coefficient (r) with IFN- γγ	-0.531b	-0.523a	-0.599b	-0.482a	-0.499a	-0.578b

P< 0.05,^bP< 0.01.

Table 3 Correlations between serum IFN-γ, IL-2, sIL-2R, IL-1 levels and ALT, TB levels in LC patients

	IFN-γ	IL-2	sIL-2R	IL-10
ALT	r = 0.339a	r = 0.119	r = 0.324a	r = -0.102
TB	r = 0.287	r = 0.517a	r = 0.455a	r = -0.093
IFN-γ		r = 0.324a	r = 0.110	r = 0.183
IL-2			r = 0.220	r = 0.018
sIL-2R				r = 0.086

^aP< 0.05.