Comparison between NAFLD fibrosis score and retinoic acid serum level in NAFLD

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 3 Correlation between retinoic acid and other variables among the studied groups

Variables	Measures	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Age	R	− 0.023	− 0.135	− 0.084
Age	P	0.890	0.735	0.817
BMI	R	− 0.178	− 0.087	0.387
BMI	P	0.271	0.598	0.270
FBG	R	− 0.213	− 0.171	0.203
FBG	P	0.187	0.293	0.575
AST	R	− 0.072	− 0.005	0.028
AST	P	0.658	0.977	0.939
PLT	R	0.185	0.169	− 0.136
PLT	P	0.874	0.298	0.708
Albumin	R	0.082	0.166	0.318
Albumin	P	0.613	0.306	0.371
NAFLD score	R	− 0.327	− 0.499	0.285
NAFLD score	P	0.039^a	< 0.001^a	0.424
HbA1C	R	− 0.427	− 0.627	− 0.072
HbA1C	P	0.029^a	0.019^a	0.658
TC (mg/dl)	R	− 0.0.528	− 0.0.728	0.387
TC (mg/dl)	P	0.0.015^a	0.0.005^a	0.270
T.G (mg)	R	− 0.359	− 0.659	− 0.087
T.G (mg)	P	0.032^a	0.244	0.598

Group 1 simple steatosis and normal ALT, Group 2 NASH and high ALT, Group 3 control group, BMI body mass index, FBG fasting blood glucose, AST aspartate aminotransferase, PLT platelets, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides
Pearson correlation, ^aSignificant