a trend towards significancep = 0.091
No statistically significant correlation was found between SMD and age ( t = − 0.58, p = 0.56), gender ( t = 0.46, p = 0.65), ALT ( t = 0.34, p = 0.73) and AST ( t = 0.40, p = 0.69) though a trend towards significance was observed with outcome ( t = 1.72, p = 0.091).