Table 4: Correlation between hepatic steatosis measured by fibroscan and different parameters.
| Correlations |
| - |
Steatosis (dB/m) |
| R |
P-value |
| PCR HBV DNA (IU/ml) |
0.064 |
0.583 |
| Fasting insulin (µU/mL) |
0.460 |
<0.001* |
| HOMA-IR (µU/mL) |
0.650 |
<0.001* |
| Age (years) |
0.005 |
0.969 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) |
0.150 |
0.193 |
| Hb (g/dl) |
0.058 |
0.615 |
| Platelet (×103/cmm) |
0.082 |
0.477 |
| TLC (cells/mm3) |
-0.093 |
0.419 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) |
-0.014 |
0.902 |
| B. Urea (mg/dl) |
-0.017 |
0.887 |
| TB mg/dl) |
-0.046 |
0.690 |
| ALT U/l |
-0.096 |
0.409 |
| AST U/l |
0.014 |
0.907 |
| S. albumin (g/dl) |
-0.013 |
0.907 |
| INR |
-0.170 |
0.140 |
| PT (seconds) |
-0.048 |
0.679 |
| Fibrosis (KPa) |
-0.099 |
0.394 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl) |
0.281 |
0.013* |
| Triglycerides(mg/dl) |
0.154 |
0.181 |
| HDL(mg/dl) |
0.010 |
0.931 |
| LDL(mg/dl) |
0.274 |
0.016* |
| Fasting glucose |
-0.0138 |
0.907 |