Table 2.
Mann-Whitney analysis of score representing immunostaining for COX-2, CD68 and number of MCs in liver cirrhosis and HCC tissues
LC | HCC | z | P | |
COX-2 | 5 | 1 | 3.7 | < 0.0001 |
(3 - 5) | (0 - 5) | |||
CD68 | 5 | 3 | 4.2 | < 0.0001 |
(3 - 5) | (0 - 4) | |||
MCT | 4 | 1 | 4 | < 0.0001 |
(2 - 18) | (0 - 10) |
LC: liver cirrhosis; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.