Endothelial Dysfunction Correlates with Liver Fibrosis in Chronic HCV Infection

Table 2

FMD value, percentage of patients with a pathological FMD value, and c-IMT in the three tertiles.

	I tertile	II tertile	III tertile
Number of pts.	15	15	15
FMD: mean (SD)	7.1 (2.8)	6.1 (2.4)	4.7 (1.7)	0.03^*
Pts. with FDM <5%	27%	43%	73%	0.04^†
C-IMT (mm)	0.7 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1	ns

^*ANOVA demonstrated a significant difference among the 3 groups. I tertiles ≠ III tertiles and II tertiles ≠ III tertiles by Tukey’s test.
^†Statistical analysis by Chi-squared test.