Table 3.

Comparison of Medians and ranges for level of AFP and PIVKA-II of individuals in different investigated groups.

	Control	HCV	HCC
Sample size	11	24	48
Median AFP (ng/mL)	2.3	14.6	64.6
Range	1–3.6	1.46–68.8	2.7–695
vs. control		0.734	0.002
vs. HCV			<0.001
Median PIVKA-II (ng/mL)	1	2.7	59.5
Range	0.6–1.5	1.2–3.5	29.8–192.4
vs. control		0.928	<0.001
vs. HCV			<0.001

Values are expressed as median (range); P-value using is set at 0.05.

Statistical test: Mann–Whitney U for comparing HCC against HCV and control, and HCV against control.