Insulin resistance, adipokine profile and hepatic expression of SOCS-3 gene in chronic hepatitis C

Table 6 Correlations between adipokines and hepatic expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in chronic hepatitis C

	SOCS-3	Pvalue
	Spearman’s rank correlationρ
Age	0.12	P > 0.05
HCV viral load (IU/mL)	0.15	P > 0.05
ALT (U/L)	0.41	P > 0.05
HOMA	0.39	P > 0.05
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	0.24	P > 0.05
Osteopontin (ng/mL)	0.30	P > 0.05
Visfatin (ng/mL)	0.23	P > 0.05
Resistin (ng/mL)	0.55	P > 0.05
Leptin (ng/mL)	0.14	P > 0.05
Omentin (ng/mL)	0.50	P > 0.05

No correlation was found between serum adipokine levels or HOMA-IR index and hepatic expression of SOCS-3. SOCS-3: Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.