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Table 2 Correlation between clinical baseline parameters and microparticles in ascites and blood

From: Absolute quantification of microparticles by flow cytometry in ascites of patients with decompensated cirrhosis: a cohort study

Variable

Ascites microparticles (n = 163)

Blood microparticles (n = 31)

Correlation coefficient (r)

Level of significance (p)

Correlation coefficient (r)

Level of significance (p)

Age (years)

0.042

0.590

0.144

0.440

Child–Pugh score

−0.092

0.390

−0.249

0.263

MELD score

−0.198

0.013

−0.318

0.990

Serum albumin (g/L)

0.056

0.584

0.286

0.196

Thrombocyte count (exp9/L)

0.295

0.001

0.140

0.461

WBC count (exp9/L)

0.047

0.570

0.067

0.726

AST (μkat/L)

0.071

0.423

0.011

0.953

GGT (μkat/L)

0.142

0.112

−0.009

0.956

CrP (mg/L)

−0.020

0.818

0.227

0.245

GFR (mL/min)

0.072

0.474

−0.040

0.862

Ascites protein content (g/L)

0.001

0.988

0.366

0.060

Ascites leukocyte count (/mm3)

0.050

0.951

0.121

0.516

  1. Spearman-Rho correlation (r) was used for analysis
  2. Values highlighted in italics are significant after multivariate analysis
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Journal of Translational Medicine

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