Abstract:Objective To approach the correlation between liver function, blood coagulation function and aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) in chronic hepatitis C patients with different degrees of liver injury. Methods Liver function, platelet and blood coagulation function were detected by automation instruments, and then APRI was calculated. The related indexes were analyzed and compared. Results The levels of plasma fibrinogen (FIB), APRI, total bilirubin (TBIL), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) and D-dimer, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), prothrombin time (PT) and thrombin time (TT) were significantly different between the patients and the healthy controls (P < 0.05). The result of correlation analysis showed that TBIL, γ-GT, APTT, PT and TT were positively correlated with APRI (P < 0.05), while FIB had a negative correlation with APRI (P < 0.05). Conclusions Liver function and coagulation function have correlations with APRI in chronic hepatitis C patients, and all of the indexes have important clinical significance in evaluation of the extent of liver injury in the patients.