M2BPGi for assessing liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C treated with direct-acting antivirals

Table 4 Correlations of serum Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer levels with laboratory data

Variables	Baseline		SVR12
	r	P value	r	P value
Age	0.050	0.662	0.107	0.346
BMI	-0.007	0.951	0.057	0.617
HCV RNA	0.043	0.702	0.025	0.827
Hb	0.143	0.205	0.131	0.246
WBC	0.047	0.677	-0.152	0.178
Platelets count	-0.118	0.297	-0.299	0.007b
ALT	-0.090	0.425	-0.129	0.256
AST	-0.227	0.043a	0.006	0.961
ALP	-0.024	0.831	0.106	0.350
Albumin	0.016	0.888	0.070	0.535
Total bilirubin	0.268	0.016a	0.111	0.326
Creatinine	0.158	0.162	0.088	0.439
INR	0.063	0.582	0.220	0.049a
AFP	-0.098	0.388	0.026	0.822

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01. SVR: Sustained virologic response; BMI: Body mass index; Hb: Haemoglobin; WBC: White blood cell count; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; INR: International normalized ratio; AFP: Alpha fetoprotein.