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

Table 5

Relation between Child-Pugh classification and evaluated biomarkers in CHC and HCC groups.

	Child A	Child B	Child C
TGF-β1 (pg/ml)
CHC				0.001
HCC	—			0.005
VEGF (pg/ml)
CHC				0.211
HCC	—			0.016
sFas (pg/ml)
CHC				0.001
HCC	—			0.001
miR-122
CHC				0.028
HCC	—			0.042
miR-21
CHC				0.069
HCC	—			0.029

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