Correlation of serum betatrophin levels with disease severity and the emergence of insulin resistance in cirrhotic patients

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 3 Correlations between serum betatrophin level and other variables in the cirrhosis group

Variable	Serum betatrophin level
Variable	Correlation coefficient	p value
Hemoglobin	− 0.003	0.985
Total leucocytic count	− 0.215	0.280
Platelets count	− 0.468	0.013
Serum albumin	− 0.041	0.837
International normalized ratio	0.522	0.005
Total bilirubin	0.294	0.136
Child-Pugh score	0.435	0.023
MELD score	0.593	0.001
Fasting blood glucose level	0.589	0.001
Fasting insulin level	0.511	0.006
HOMA-IR	0.508	0.006