Table 3. Relationship between pre-operative characteristics and histological fibrosis stage (Ishak score)

Characteristics	Spearman’s rho	p
Gender		0.148
Age	0.167	0.002
Previous treatments		0.074
ICG-R15	0.232	< 0.001
Child-Pugh		0.257
Serum albumin	-0.087	0.121
Serum bilirubin	0.104	0.061
INR	0.156	0.004
Platelet count	-0.378	< 0.001

ICG-R15: ICG retention rate at 15 minutes. INR: international normalized ratio