Spearman’s non-parametric correlation analysis of blood parameters and IL-17 revealed positive correlations in the CLD group between IL-17 content and levels of TBA (r=0.95, P<0.05), haemoglobin (r=0.47, P<0.05), ALT (r=0.60, P<0.05), AST (r=0.64, P<0.05), PT (r=0.61, P<0.05) and triglyceride (r=0.45, P<0.05) (Fig. 4a). Here, GPT is linked to congenital secretory chloride diarrhea 1.