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Table 3 Correlation between liver enzymes and baseline characteristics of the participants

From: Association between serum liver enzymes and hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Bangladeshi adults

	ALT		AST		ALP		GGT
	Correlation (r)	p-value	Correlation (r)	p-value	Correlation (r)	p-value	Correlation (r)	p-value
Age	0.073	0.482	0.158	0.049	0.108	0.189	0.298	0.015
BMI	0.149	0.064	0.189	0.019	0.078	0.459	0.132	0.104
SBP	0.157	0.049	0.161	0.045	0.058	0.624	0.192	0.018
DBP	0.222	0.005	0.222	0.005	0.049	0.642	0.246	0.002
Glucose	0.068	0.517	0.063	0.433	0.177	0.029	0.257	0.001
TG	0.300	0.000	0.381	0.000	0.081	0.350	0.530	0.000
TC	0.113	0.186	0.281	0.001	0.056	0.617	0.225	0.009
Albumin	−0.035	0.663	−0.157	0.052	−0.041	0.621	−0.095	0.244
Total protein	0.258	0.002	0.143	0.083	0.110	0.197	0.236	0.004

Correlation was analyzed using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient test (two-tailed)

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