A New Metabolism-Related Index Correlates with the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Patients

Table 2

Changes in both the GA/HbA1c and the BTR values in HCV-positive patients with histological stage of liver fibrosis.

	Histological stage of liver fibrosis F3				value
	F0-1	F2	F3	F4
GA/HbA1c	2.61 ± 0.28	2.62 ± 0.30	2.77 ± 0.38	2.96 ± 0.47	<0.0001
BTR	6.38 ± 1.18	5.78 ± 1.33	5.40 ± 1.35	4.63 ± 1.25	<0.0001

GA/HbA1c: glycated albumin- (GA-) to-glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ratio.
BTR: branched-chain amino acids to tyrosine ratio.