Pathogenic Role of Iron Deposition in Reticuloendothelial Cells during the Development of Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 3

Variables associated with sTNFR2 levels.

	Coefficient	Univariate	Regression
Age	0.271	<0.001	<0.01
AST	0.387	<0.000005	0.363
ALT	0.367	<0.000005	0.628
Ferritin	0.302	<0.0005	0.929
Stage	0.292	<0.0005	0.394
Grade	0.389	<0.000005	<0.05
Steatosis	0.169	<0.05	0.434
REC iron score	0.401	<0.0000005	<0.005

Univariate: Pearson's correlation coefficient, and Regression: regression analysis.
AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, and REC: reticuloendothelial cells.