Table 2 Correlation coefficients between the baseline levels of ADAMTS13: AC and clinical variables.

From: Increasing plasma ADAMTS13 activity is associated with HBeAg seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B patients during 5 years of entecavir treatment

Variables

Correlation coefficientsa

p-values

Age (years)

āˆ’0.201

0.199

FIB-4

āˆ’0.396

0.012

ALT (U/L)

āˆ’0.349

0.033

AST (U/L)

āˆ’0.246

0.152

TB (umol/L)

āˆ’0.287

0.117

ALB (g/L)

0.322

0.042

WBC (Ɨ109/L)

āˆ’0.135

0.340

PLT (Ɨ109/L)

0.343

0.036

HBV DNA (log10 IU/mL)

āˆ’0.421

0.004

HBsAg (log10 IU/mL)

āˆ’0.294

0.102

HBeAg (PEIU/mL)

āˆ’0.305

0.093

VWF: Ag (U/L)

āˆ’0.317

0.056

  1. aSpearman’s rank correlation coefficient.