Table 3 Comparison of clinical variables for liver cirrhosis (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.

From: Plasma fetal bile acids 7α-hydroxy-3-oxochol-4-en-24-oic acid and 3-oxachola-4,6-dien-24-oic acid indicate severity of liver cirrhosis

Variable

LC

HCC

P value

Males/females

12/3

7/3

0.57

Age (years)

59.9 ± 10.7

65.4 ± 11.6

0.19

Albumin

4.14 ± 0.79

3.45 ± 0.75

0.04

AFP

10.8 ± 13.6

89.7 ± 159

0.11*

Total bilirubin

1.75 ± 1.30

2.06 ± 1.27

0.55

Thrombocytes

131,867 ± 54,014

122,900 ± 41,983

0.66

Glucose

113 ± 45

103 ± 21

0.49

AST

51.9 ± 34.9

104 ± 63

0.003*

ALT

50.3 ± 58.9

99.3 ± 89.5

0.003*

INR

1.32 ± 0.54

1.26 ± 0.20

0.74

  1. For continuous variables, mean ± standard deviation is given with comparisons made using unpaired t tests.
  2. For categorical variables, comparisons were made using the chi-squared test.
  3. *Analyzed by nonparametric Mann Whitney U test due to non-Gaussian distribution of data.
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