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Table 4 Correlations of serum IL-17F level with the HCV infection-associated liver diseases and other proinflammatory cytokines

From: Interleukin-17F expression is elevated in hepatitis C patients with fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

  

ALT

Steatosis

Fibrosisc

HCC

IL-17A

IL-21

IL-6

IL-17F

Correlation Coefficient (r)

−0.094

0.012

0.127a

0.014

0.547b

0.218a

0.009

 

Sig.

0.142

0.850

0.045

0.826

0.000

0.011

0.912

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  2. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  3. c Fibrosis: stage >2
  4. Spearman’s rank correlation