Table 4 Demographic characteristics of all studied subjects and statistical comparison between the various studied parameters in HCC patients versus healthy ccontrol and HCV patients^ab

Gender

 Female n (%)

1 (10)

1 (10)

3 (10.7)

0.950^b

0.095^b

 Male n (%)

9 (90)

9 (90)

25 (89.3)

Age (years)

60.5 (56.5–62)

64 (60–69.3)

60 (58–63.7)

0.950^a

0.075^a

AST (U/L)

12.5 (11.75–18.25)

24.0 (18.7–35.2)

50.5 (35–107)

< 0.0001^a

0.001^a

ALT (U/L)

17.0 (12.50–21.25)

24.0 (12.0–51.7)

47.5 (27.75–63.60)

0.0002^a

0.0414^a

INR

0.85 (0.61–1.10)

1.04 (1.0–1.29)

1.20 (1.10–1.39)

< 0.0001^a

0.0158^a

Albumin (g/dl)

3.90 (3.15–4.60)

3.90 (3.30–4.65)

3.35 (2.62–3.60)

0.0018^a

0.104^a

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.40 (0.20–0.85)

0.50 (0.27–0.92)

1.30 (0.90–2.30)

< 0.0001^a

0.0002^a

BUN (mg/dl)

17.5 (9.2–20.2)

20.5 (17.0–24.0)

20.0 (12.0–32.0)

0.2801^a

0.8941^a

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.90 (0.70–1.03)

0.95 (0.77–1.12)

0.95 (0.80–1.20)

0.4487^a

0.752^a