Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Table 4 The correlation between the aspartate aminotransferase-to-alanine aminotransferase ratio, aspartate aminotransferase- to-platelet ratio index, age platelet index, cirrhosis discriminating score and Göteborg University Cirrhosis Index and the grade of necroinflammatory activity and the stage of fibrosis

Variable	Stage of fibrosis		Grade of activity
	Correlation coefficient	P value	Correlation coefficient	P value
AAR	0.2	0.054	0.1	0.23
APRI	0.4	0.00006	0.4	0.001
API	0.6	0.000001	0.5	0.00002
CDS	0.4	0.0002	0.2	0.056
GUCI	0.5	0.0001	0.3	0.003

AAR: Aspartate aminotransferase-to-alanine aminotransferase ratio; APRI: Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index; API: Age platelet index; CDS: Cirrhosis discriminating score; GUCI: Göteborg University Cirrhosis Index.