Influence factors of serum fibrosis markers in liver fibrosis

Table 1 Inconsistency between each serum fibrosis index and stage of hepatic fibrosis

Stage (S)	n	HA	C-IV	PCIII	LN
S2	30	13	14	16	17
S3	31	9	10	10	11
S4	52	11	12	13	15
Total	113	33 (29.20%)	36 (31.86%)	39 (34.51%)	43 (38.05%)

Table 2 Staging comparison between two groups

Groups	Stage of hepatic fibrosis
	S2	S3	S4
Consistent group	24	27	46
Inconsistent group	6	4	6

χ² = 1.18, P > 0.05.

Table 3 Comparison of inflammation grade between two groups

Groups	Inflammation grade
	G1	G2	G3	G4
Consistent group	5	17	49	26
Inconsistent group	1	9	4	2

χ² = 12.07, P < 0.05.

Table 4 Comparison of clinical manifestations between two groups

Groups	Weary degree			Abdominal distension degree			Secret anguish degree
	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	2
Consistent group	39	41	17	72	24	1	86	8	3
Inconsistent group	12a	4	0	14	2	0	16	0	0

χ² = 7.52, P < 0.05.

Table 5 Comparison of clinical manifestations between two groups (¯x ± s)

Groups	n	Volume of food (g)	Length of liver (cm)	Length of spleen (cm)
Consistent group	97	427.11 ± 194.15	0.31 ± 0.63	0.53 ± 0.85
Inconsistent group	16	456.25 ± 160.08	0.28 ± 0.55	0.34 ± 0.60

Table 6 Comparison of routine blood tests between two groups (¯x ± s)

Groups	n	WBC	RBC	PLT
Consistent group	97	5.07 ± 1.12	4.61 ± 0.52	116.52 ± 34.14
Inconsistent group	16	4.90 ± 1.24	4.64 ± 0.57	117.00 ± 26.38

Table 7 Comparison of liver function tests between two groups (¯x ± s)

Groups	n	TBIL (μmol/L)	TP (g/L)	ALB (g/L)	GLB (g/L)	A/G
Consistent group	97	18.19 ± 8.51	74.60 ± 6.75	42.34 ± 4.81	32.13 ± 5.18	1.35 ± 0.28
Inconsistent group	16	16.35 ± 6.41	74.31 ± 4.36	46.19 ± 3.61b	28.05 ± 3.47b	1.63 ± 0.26b

^bP < 0.01 vs consistent group

Table 8 Comparison of liver function tests between two groups (¯x ± s)

Groups	n	ALT (U/L)	AST (U/L)	GGT (U/L)	AKP (U/L)
Consistent group	97	89.28 ± 64.25	66.10 ± 42.30	86.26 ± 70.36	91.65 ± 34.95
Inconsistent group	16	49.31 ± 26.75a	40.83 ± 22.40a	48.99 ± 29.96a	85.25 ± 30.60

^aP < 0.05 vs consistent group.

Table 9 Comparison of ultrasonic examination between two groups (cm, ¯x ± s)

Groups	n	Width of main portal vein	Width of splenic vein	Thicknessof spleen
Consistent group	97	1.20 ± 0.13	0.74 ± 0.12	4.02 ± 0.64
Inconsistent group	16	1.23 ± 0.12	0.77 ± 0.13	4.09 ± 0.62