Table 4 Associations between the circulating biomarkers and the histopathological findings

Biomarkers

 TC

< 0.0001 (0.41)^a

0.01 (0.17)^a

< 0.0001 (0.45)^a

0.05 (0.16)^a

0.2 (0.14)

0.02 (0.26)^a

< 0.0001 (0.56)^a

0.3 (0.10)

 TG

0.001 (0.28)^a

0.01 (0.17)^a

0.0007 (0.28)^a

0.2 (0.10)

0.04 (0.22)^a

0.009 (0.29)^a

< 0.0001 (0.49)^a

0.4 (0.09)

 ALP

0.003 (0.23)^a

0.002 (0.25)^a

0.0006 (0.29)^a

0.11 (0.12)

0.04 (0.22)^a

0.008 (0.30)^a

< 0.0001 (0.55)^a

0.03 (0.24)^a

 ALT

0.2 (0.06)

0.4 (0.02)

0.005 (0.20)^a

0.02 (0.21)^a

0.6 (0.05)

0.5 (0.07)

0.1 (0.15)

0.1 (0.15)

 AST

0.02 (0.16)^a

0.01 (0.17)^a

0.2 (0.05)

0.1 (0.13)

0.01 (0.27)^a

0.2 (0.13)

0.03 (0.23)^a

0.9 (0.02)

 AST:ALT

0.0005 (0.31)^a

0.0001 (0.35)^a

0.006 (0.20)^a

0.02 (0.20)^a

< 0.0001 (0.47)^a

0.008 (0.30)^a

0.0004 (0.42)^a

0.5 (0.07)

 GLDH

0.001 (0.27)^a

0.007 (0.19)^a

0.003 (0.22)^a

0.2 (0.10)

0.002 (0.35)^a

0.03 (0.23)^a

0.0002 (0.44)^a

0.7 (0.05)

 CRP

0.7 (0.01)

0.6 (0.01)

0.2 (0.04)

0.5 (0.03)

0.8 (0.03)

0.9 (0.02)

0.7 (0.04)

1 (0.00)