Temporal expression of hepatic inducible nitric oxide synthase in liver cirrhosis

Table 2 Correlation analysis of NOS activity, NO levels, liver function and histology index.

	NO	AST/ALT	Bilirubin	Total NOS activity	iNOS activity	Histology score
NO		0.4	0.61a	0.27	0.42	0.47
AST/ALT	0.14		0.19	0.56a	0.38	0.67b
Bilirubin	0.017	0.51		0.23	0.53a	0.2
Total NOS activity	0.34	0.03	0.41		0.86b	0.90b
iNOS activity	0.12	0.17	0.04	0		0.77b
Histology score	0.08	0.006	0.47	0	0.001

Above diagonal, Pearson correlation; Below diagonal, P value.

^aP<0.05;

^bP<0.01.