Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 5 Relation between serum resistin and IL-6 level with mortality and complication in group II (decompensated liver cirrhosis) (n = 40)

From: Validity of serum resistin level and Il-6 as prognostic biomarkers of decompensated liver cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C virus patients

	N	Resistin level	IL-6 level
	N	Median (Min.–Max.)	Median (Min.–Max.)
Mortality
No	30	564 (236–917)	48 (17–86)
Yes	10	833 (649–923)	90 (77–131)
U (p)		31.0^* (< 0.001^*)	5.500^* (< 0.001^*)
Complication
No	11	346 (236–510)	31 (17–39)
Yes	19	691 (410–917)	55 (36–86)
U (p)		5.500^* (< 0.001^*)	2.50^* (< 0.001^*)

U, Mann–Whitney test
^*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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