Table 1: Results of related indices in different stages (mean ± SD).

Stages of hepatic fibrosis 𝑛 HALNPIIIPCIVCTGF

S010 6 6 . 5 9 ± 6 . 8 9 1 0 7 . 8 1 ± 1 2 . 0 4 8 6 . 7 5 ± 1 9 . 2 6 5 8 . 5 4 ± 1 4 . 1 2 0 . 2 0 ± 0 . 1 3
S111 1 0 6 . 2 9 ± 1 9 . 4 9 1 1 0 . 6 0 ± 1 4 . 4 3 1 0 5 . 6 8 ± 2 0 . 0 3 6 6 . 9 5 ± 1 7 . 0 6 0 . 4 1 ± 0 . 1 0
S222 1 6 4 . 4 6 ± 3 7 . 0 9 1 1 7 . 2 4 ± 1 9 . 8 6 1 1 4 . 0 4 ± 1 9 . 2 4 9 0 . 9 9 ± 2 7 . 1 5 0 . 5 9 ± 0 . 0 7
S311 2 5 1 . 6 6 ± 7 4 . 7 5 1 3 9 . 9 5 ± 2 5 . 7 8 1 5 6 . 9 6 ± 2 7 . 1 8 1 0 3 . 7 9 ± 2 5 . 4 1 0 . 7 6 ± 0 . 0 9
S413 3 4 2 . 5 4 ± 8 0 . 7 2 1 3 2 . 2 6 ± 2 3 . 9 4 1 7 0 . 2 8 ± 1 7 . 9 1 1 3 7 . 8 3 ± 4 1 . 5 6 0 . 9 9 ± 0 . 0 3
F 54.52 5.431 34.753 15.320 149.680
P0.000*0.001*0.000*0.000*0.000*

𝑁 𝑜 𝑡 𝑒 𝑠 . *denotes 𝑃 < 0 . 0 0 2 , and the difference showed statistical significance.
Pairwise comparison. HA: pairwise comparison between S0 and S1 stage showed no significant difference, whereas pair comparisons of other stages showed a significant difference. LN: pairwise comparison between S0 and S1 stage, S0 and S2 stage, and S3 and S4 stage showed no significant difference, whereas pair comparisons of other stages showed statistical significance. PIIIP: pairwise comparison between S1 and S2 stage and S3 and S4 stage showed no significant difference, whereas pair comparisons of other stages showed statistical significance. CIV: pairwise comparison between S0 and S1 stage and S2 and S3 stage showed no significant difference, whereas pair comparisons of other stages showed statistical significance. CTGF: the comparison between different liver fibrosis stages showed statistical significance.