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Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 2 Comparison between the three studied groups according to cachexia

From: Serum Beclin 1 and autophagy-related protein-5 and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among cirrhotic hepatitis C patients

Cachexia

Cirrhotic

(n = 30)

HCC

(n = 30)

Control

(n = 20)

χ2

p

No

%

No

%

No

%

No cachexia

23

76.7

13

43.3

20

100.0

19.365*

 < 0.001*

Yes

7

23.3

17

56.7

0

0.0

  
  1. 2: Chi square test
  2. p: p value for comparing between the three studied groups
  3. *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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