. 2012 Nov 3;12(11):e6132. doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.6132

Table 5. Mean ± SD of the Studied Parameters According to METAVIR Fibrosis Scoring System in Chronic Hepatitis C With or Without Cirrhosis Groups.

	F1, (n = 24)	F2, (n = 15)	F3, (n = 14)	F4, (n = 7)
Tissue Fas, within 10 successive microscopic fields (× 400)/ section (mean percentage) + ve cells ± S.D	17.40 ± 6.21	19.759 ± 9.76	23.04 ± 2.08 ^a	33.28 ± 5.16 ^a, ^b, ^c
Tissue FasL, within 10 successive microscopic fields (× 400)/ section (mean percentage) + ve cells ± S.D	15.160 ± 5.02	18.75 ± 1.30	21.41 ± 2.28 ^a, ^b	28.42 ± 6.06 ^a, ^b
s Fas pg/ml	200.4 ± 47.1	250.3 ± 33.6	260.4 ± 54.7 ^a	340.3 ± 65.4 ^a, ^b, ^c

^aP Statistically significant from F1 group (P < 0. 01).

^bP Statistically significant from F2 group (P < 0.01).

^cP Statistically significant from F3 group (P < 0.01).