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

Table 3

Correlation of the three biomarkers with liver function parameters in HCV-positive patients.

	Correlation coefficient
	GA/HbA1c/BTR	GA/HbA1c	BTR	FIB-4	APRI
Prothrombin time (%)	−0.481	−0.456	0.368	−0.439	−0.328
Albumin value	−0.574	−0.443	0.462	−0.528	−0.423
Cholinesterase value	−0.589	−0.561	0.502	−0.546	−0.456

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