Table 1.

Comparison between age, liver functions, and blood counts in the studied groups.

	Group	Range	Mean	S.E	F value	P value
Age (year)	Control	33–77	51.50	2.48	2.313	0.083
	HCV	33–71	55.05	2.02
	LC	32–78	55.60	2.43
	HCC	35–76	60.15	2.39
T BIL (mg %)	Control	0.4–0.9	0.70a	0.03	5.061	0.003∗
	HCV	1–5.4	2.65b	0.32
	LC	1.1–34	5.74c	1.80
	HCC	1.5–6	2.72b	0.30
D BIL (mg %)	Control	0.1–0.29	0.19a	0.09	6.238	0.001∗
	HCV	0.2–2.5	1.20b	0.16
	LC	0.4–14.2	2.69c	0.82
	HCC	0–1.9	0.72b	0.09
AST (u/L)	Control	13–34	22.05a	1.27	14.673	0.000∗
	HCV	30–108	69.80b	4.36
	LC	31–402	96.45b	20.21
	HCC	80–300	133.35c	13.00
ALT (u/L)	Control	11–31	17.35a	1.18	11.516	0.000∗
	HCV	32–176	92.90c	8.33
	LC	12–255	75.25b	16.55
	HCC	34–103	64.65b	4.19
Alb (g/dL)	Control	2.8–5.1	4.01b	0.12	25.608	0.000∗
	HCV	1.9–3.6	2.76a	0.12
	LC	1.3–3.9	2.53a	0.16
	HCC	1.7–3.4	2.79a	0.12
Proth (sec)	Control	13–16	14.05	0.20	1.983	0.124
	HCV	14–19	16.20	0.34
	LC	11.7–67	18.95	2.82
	HCC	14.2–19.6	15.80	0.43
TLC (×103/cmm)	Control	4–10.2	6.97	0.42	1.732	0.168
	HCV	3.1–16.2	8.40	0.70
	LC	3–36.1	10.37	1.69
	HCC	3–36.1	10.37	1.69
HB (g/dL)	Control	12.1–15.7	13.72c	0.25	12.505	0.000∗
	HCV	6.1–13	9.90a	0.55
	LC	4.1–16	10.09a	0.70
	HCC	9–15	11.80b	0.39
Hct (%)	Control	40–50	42b	0.01	188.062	0.000∗
	HCV	20–40	31b	0.01
	LC	13–44.4	28.97a	1.70
	HCC	13.3–44.4	28.97a	1.70
Plat (×103/cmm)	Control	150–450	262.10b	15.83	16.161	0.000∗
	HCV	73–431	233.95b	20.60
	LC	48–331	161.60a	17.03
	HCC	60–160	123.85a	6.43

S.E: standard error.

^*There is a significant difference between groups at P < 0.05.

The same letter means that there is no significant difference between each two groups at P < 0.05.

The different letters means that there is a significant difference between each two groups at P < 0.05.