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

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 5 Comparison between the three studied groups according to ATG5

ATG5(ng/ml)	Cirrhotic	HCC	Control	H	p
ATG5(ng/ml)	(n = 30)	(n = 30)	(n = 20)	H	p
Min. – Max	44.0 – 256.5	11.0 – 149.5	64.40 – 186.6	11.080^*	0.004^*
Mean ± SD	100.8 ± 50.18	74.08 ± 32.52	109.2 ± 34.60
Median	98.0	69.50	98.50
IQR	62.10 – 116.6	49.70 – 95.70	84.95 – 133.60
Sig. bet. grps	p₁ = 0.022^, p₂ = 0.258, p₃ = 0.001^

H: H for Kruskal Wallis test, Pairwise comparison bet. each 2 groups were done using Post Hoc Test (Dunn's for multiple comparisons test)
p: p value for comparing between the studied groups
p₁: p value for comparing between Cirrhotic and HCC
p₂: p value for comparing between Cirrhotic and Control
p₃: p value for comparing between HCC and Control
^*: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05