Detection of MicroRNA in Hepatic Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis C Genotype-4 in Egyptian Patients

Table 1

Demographic and Clinicopathologic characteristics of the three studied groups.

Parameter	Healthy controls ()	CHC ()	HCC ()
Age				0.002
Gender m/f (%)	36/24 (60/40)	41/19 (68.3/31.7)	42/18 (70/30)	0.106
Albumin (g/dl)				0.003
INR				0.011
T. bilirubin (mg/dl)				0.003
AST (IU/ml)				0.001
ALT (IU/ml)				0.001
Platelets (10^3/μl)				0.001
AAR				0.011
APRI				0.021
α-Fetoprotein (ng/ml)				0.022
T.C (mg/dl)				0.001
LDL-C (mg/dl)				0.003
HDL-C (mg/dl)				0.092
TG (mg/dl)				0.001

Values are expressed as means ± SE; mean values within a row not sharing a common superscript letter (a, b, c) were significantly different; .