Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 2 Correlation between baseline VEGF and laboratory findings in both groups

From: Vascular endothelial growth factor in relation to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C virus patients treated by direct-acting antivirals

Variable	HCV group (n = 25)		HCC group (n = 25)
Variable	Correlation coefficient	P value	Correlation coefficient	P value
Age (years)	− 0.238^P	0.251	0.281^P	0.174
BMI	0.06^S	0.77	− 0.142^P	0.5
Hb (gm/dl)	− 0.12^S	0.56	− 0.344^P	0.09
Platelets (10³/Ul)	− 0.14^S	0.5	− 0.07^P	0.72
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.05^S	0.83	0.07^P	0.74
Albumin (g/dl)	− 0.161^P	0.441	− 0.37^P	0.07
ALT (U/L)	− 0.02^S	0.93	0.07^P	0.713
AST (U/L)	0.086^P	0.68	0.67^P	< 0.001
Creatinine (mg/dl)	− 0.215^S	0.3	− 0.03^P	0.89
HCV-PCR	0.11^S	0.6
AFP (ng/ml)	0.325^S	0.113	0.02^P	0.93

^PPearson correlation
^SSpearman correlation

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