Novel non-invasive biological predictive index for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C virus genotype 4 patients

Table 3 The overall significant variables among the studied variables: Using independent-samples Kruskal-Wallis test

Variables	P value
Age (yr)	0.001
HOMA-IR	0.001
ACE (U/mL)	0.001
Glucose (mmol)	0.021
ALT (U/L)	0.001
AST (U/L)	0.001
Platelet (× 109/L)	0.001
Insulin (uU/mL)	0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.024
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.001
Direct Bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.002
Albumin (mg/dL)	0.001
Portal vein diameter	0.004
Splenic diameter	0.001

HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model for insulin resistance, a mathematically calculated formula; ACE: Angiotensin converting enzyme; AST: Aspartate transaminase enzyme; ALT: Alanine amino transferase.