Table 3

Linear correlation between endothelial parameters with life time alcohol consumption, years of drinking, levels of serum enzymes, level of MCV, screening questionnaires and stages of fatty liver on endothelial parameters in ADS group

		CCT, µm	CV, %	CD, cells/mm²	Hexa, %
Lifetime alcohol	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	−0.035	−0.037	0.002	0.037
	P value	0.668	0.651	0.984	0.646
	Number of patients	155	155	155	155
Years of drinking	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	−0.033	−0.143	−0.008	0.191
	P value	0.678	0.075	0.917	0.016*
	Number of patients	157	157	157	157
GGT	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	−0.023	−0.143	−0.107	0.185
	P value	0.773	0.071	0.178	0.019*
	Number of patients	160	160	160	160
ALT	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	0.051	0.024	−0.122	0.042
	P value	0.519	0.768	0.124	0.600
	Number of patients	160	160	160	160
AST	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	0.049	−0.045	−0.145	0.060
	P value	0.539	0.575	0.067	0.452
	Number of patients	160	160	160	160
MCV	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	0.040	0.138	0.066	−0.094
	P value	0.617	0.082	0.407	0.239
	Number of patients	159	159	159	159
AUDIT	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	0.057	0.043	−0.002	−0.062
	P value	0.475	0.593	0.985	0.438
	Number of patients	160	160	160	160
ASI	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ)	−0.085	0.070	0.015	−0.118
	P value	0.285	0.384	0.855	0.137
	Number of patients	159	159	159	159

↵*Significant (P<0.05).
ADS, alcohol dependence syndrome; ALT, alanine amino-transferase; ASI, Addiction Severity Index; AST, aspartate amino-transferase; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; CCT, central corneal thickness; CD, cell density; CV, coefficient of variation; GGT, gamma glutamyl transferase; MCV, mean corpuscular volume.