Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 2 The relation between pre-transplantation data and HCC recurrence

From: Role of inflammatory markers in predicting hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation

		Recurrence				P value*
		Yes		No
		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
PLR		100.27 ± 46.17		84.36 ± 51.72		0.33
NLR		2.06 ± 0.37		2.47 ± 1.46		0.03
AFP (ng/ml)		66 ± 50		17.10 ± 7.60		0.003^#
CRP (mg/ml)		2.50 ± 1		1.10 ± 0.70		0.43^#
		Recurrence	%	Non-recurrence	%	P value^**
MELD score	1) Up to 9 (17)	2	11.8	15	88.2	0.54
	2) Above 9 and up to 19 (72)	9	12.5	63	87.5
	3) Above 19 (11)	0	0.0	11	100
CTP A score	Up to 6 (23)	4	17.4	19	82.6	0.26
CTP B score	Early (up to 7) (8)	3	37.5	5	62.5	0.84
	Late (up to 9) (24)	2	8.3	22	91.7
CTP C score	Up to 15 (45)	2	4.4	43	95.6	0.06

^*Student t test
^**Chi-squared test (FE Fisher’s exact test)
^#Median and IQR (Mann-Whitney U test)

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