Beside this Hepcidin-25 was not significantly correlated with any other baseline laboratory parameter of liver inflammation or iron homeostasis (ALT, AST, AP, bilirubin, mHAI, CRP, prothrombin time, SI, transferrin saturation) in a Spearman rank correlation analysis of the total cohort or in patients with subsequent BR or IR. This evidence concerns the gene HAMP and Hepatitis.