Tab. 5.
Correlation between serum syndecan-1 and IL-6 with the measured parameters in cirrhotic and HCC patients.
| Syndecan-1 | IL-6 | |||
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| Parameters | Cirrhotic patients | HCC patients | Cirrhotic patients | HCC patients |
| ALT | −0.04 | 0.61* | −0.05 | 0.08 |
| AST | 0.52* | 0.55* | 0.24* | 0.69* |
| Total bilirubin | 0.39* | 0.09 | 0.36* | −0.21 |
| Albumin | 0.08 | −0.23* | −0.41* | 0.20 |
| Alkaline phosphatase | 0.23 | −0.08 | 0.06 | −0.10 |
| γ-glutamyl transferase | 0.07 | −0.09 | −0.1 | −0.13 |
| α-fetoprotein | 0.38* | 0.28* | 0.4* | 0.4* |
| IL-6 | 0.49* | 0.04 | ||
*
significant difference at p<0.05.