Tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Table 1 Pearson’s correlation with statistical significance between serum tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 with biochemical parameters of liver and renal function

	Tumor necrosis factor-α		Interleukin -6
	r	P-value	r	P-value
Albumin	-0.547	< 0.002	-0.578	< 0.001
Prothrombin time	0.593	< 0.001	0.616	< 0.0005
Total bilirubin	0.184	0.331	0.221	0.24
Aspartate aminotransferase	0.764	< 0.0005	0.788	< 0.0005
Alanine transaminase	0.787	< 0.0005	0.802	< 0.0005
Blood urea nitrogen	0.764	< 0.0005	0.756	< 0.0005
Blood urea	0.757	< 0.0005	0.741	< 0.0005
Serum creatinine	0.810	< 0.0005	0.815	< 0.0005