Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Correlation between 3 months VEGF values and laboratory findings in HCV HCC-free patients

From: Vascular endothelial growth factor in relation to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C virus patients treated by direct-acting antivirals

Variables	Correlation coefficient	P value
Age (years)	0.414^P	0.04*
BMI	− 0.34^S	0.09
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	− 0.16^S	0.44
Platelets(10³/Ul)	0.11^S	0.59
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.003^S	0.99
Albumin (g/dl)	0.13^P	0.54
ALT (U/L)	− 0.037^S	0.86
AST (U/L)	− 0.025^P	0.9
Creatinine (mg/dl)	− 0.067^S	0.75
HCV-PCR	0.44^P	0.03*

^PPearson correlation
^SSpearman correlation
*Statistically significant

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