Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in Group A and Group B

Variable	Group A (n = 59)	Group B (n = 47)	P value
Age, yr, mean ± SD	41.4 ± 13.1	42.5 ± 13.2	0.968
Sex, male/female	32/27	24/23	0.448
Location of lesion, n (%)
Right lobe	34 (57.6)	30 (63.8)	0.327
Left lobe	12 (20.3)	9 (19.1)	0.350
Bilateral lobes	13 (22.0)	8 (17.0)	0.347
AST, U/L, mean ± SD	37.6 ± 23.9	40.2 ± 28.9	0.362
ALT, U/L, mean ± SD	33.7 ± 30.6	33.2 ± 29.4	0.545
ALB, g/L, mean ± SD	41.5 ± 5.2	40.5 ± 5.9	0.573
TBIL, mmol/L, mean ± SD	25.3 ± 13.6	27.5 ± 18.9	0.182
DBIL, mmol/L, mean ± SD	14.2 ± 10.5	12.2 ± 13.2	0.325
PT, s, mean ± SD	13.1 ± 2.1	13.0 ± 2.6	0.655

AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin; TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; PT: Prothrombin time.