Carbohydrate 19.9 Antigen Serum Levels in Liver Disease

Table 2

Distribution of patients with elevated serum Ca19.9 according to METAVIR score.

METAVIR*	Group 1	Group 2
	HCV patients (𝑁=60)	HBV patients (𝑁=31)
	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)
F1–F3	26 (43.3)^A	14 (45.2)^B
F4	34 (56.7)^C	17 (54.8)^D
total	60 (51.7)^E	31 (48.4)^F
𝑃 values**: A vs B = ns; C vs D = ns; A vs C ≤0.05, B vs D ≤0.05  and E vs D ≤0.001

∗Liver biopsy specimens were assessed by local pathologist for histology status and reviewed by one expert pathologist, blinded about specimens group assignment.
^∗∗𝑃 was calculated using a non parametric test (Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test).