Table 3.
Laboratory work-up of patients with HCC in NCL in comparison to patients with HCC in LC
|
Parameter (SI-units) |
Patients with HCC in NCL |
Patients with HCC in LC |
p |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Median | Range | n | Median | Range | ||
| Bilirubin |
88 |
11.5 |
3.3-497.0 |
547 |
20.6 |
3.3-709.1 |
< 0.001 |
| Quick |
89 |
97.0 |
18-120 |
547 |
86.0 |
18-120 |
< 0.001 |
| Albumin |
81 |
40.10 |
15.6-71.0 |
507 |
36.1 |
9.5-72.5 |
< 0.001 |
| ALAT |
87 |
0.75 |
0.04-7.72 |
545 |
0.77 |
0.12-31.20 |
0.110 |
| ASAT |
86 |
0.76 |
0.17-12.11 |
546 |
1.11 |
0.26-25.90 |
< 0.001 |
| GGT |
80 |
2.43 |
0.19-36.28 |
518 |
3.26 |
0.17-66.51 |
0.002 |
| Alcaline phosphatase |
81 |
3.59 |
0.38-36.46 |
506 |
3.41 |
0.69-138.69 |
0.737 |
| Creatinine |
87 |
78.00 |
45-480 |
535 |
77.0 |
2-557 |
0.622 |
| Urea nitrogen |
83 |
5.8 |
2.1-44.2 |
513 |
5.9 |
1.6-35.8 |
0.437 |
| Ferritin |
32 |
452.5 |
21-2928 |
233 |
356.0 |
3-7585 |
0.553 |
| Transferrin saturation |
29 |
25.50 |
8.0-95.3 |
166 |
30.3 |
4.5-119.0 |
0.310 |
| Coeruloplasmin |
16 |
0.38 |
0.29-0.53 |
112 |
0.36 |
0.12-2.31 |
0.951 |
| Hemoglobin |
82 |
8.2 |
5.7-18.7 |
505 |
8.1 |
4.1-13.7 |
0.997 |
| Platelets |
81 |
261.0 |
84-693 |
506 |
166.5 |
33-799 |
< 0.001 |
| PTT |
84 |
28.5 |
22.1-60.0 |
527 |
31.5 |
19.2-80.2 |
< 0.001 |
| IgA |
15 |
2.56 |
0.61-22.80 |
101 |
5.42 |
1.27-43.30 |
< 0.001 |
| IgM |
13 |
0.970 |
0.5-2.6 |
96 |
1.19 |
0.2-15.5 |
0.274 |
| IgG |
14 |
13.05 |
8-28 |
103 |
16.30 |
2-46 |
0.117 |
| CA 19-9 |
22 |
35.5 |
1.5-7520 |
226 |
60.00 |
<0.5-8483.0 |
0.057 |
| AFP | 85 | 32.10 | 1-378813.00 | 531 | 62.00 | 0.6-1460000.00 | 0.168 |
ALAT = alanine aminotransferase, ASAT = aspartate aminotransferase, GGT = gamma glutamyl transferase, PPT = partial thromboplastin time, IgA = immunoglobulin A, IgG = immunoglobulin G, AFP = alpha fetoprotein, CA 19–9 = carbohydrate antigen 19–9.
p-values indicating a statistical significance are printed in bold.