Table 1.

Characteristics of healthy controls and HCC patients

Group	N	HCC
Number	130	130
Gender, female/male	23/107	13/117
Age, year	46.5 ± 8.1	50.0 ± 10.3
HbsAg+, %	0	100
TP, g/L	74.1 (61.3-88.7)	66.1 (36.9-85.3)
Alb, g/L	57.5 (45.9-76.8)	35.7 (16.0-50.1)
ALT, U/L	21.3 (11-40)	67.7 (13-722)
AST, U/L	19.3 (14-38)	64.6 (12-924)
GGT, U/L	27.4 (19-46)	151.4 (16-1280)
Tbil, µmol/L	11.5 (6.7-19.8)	24.1 (5.7-226.6)
AFP, ng/mL	5.2 (2.0-12.8)	1700.5 (1.7-36827.0)

The values supplied in Table 1 were means with SD or range.

AFP was determined using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) system.

Abbreviation: AFP, α-fetoprotein; Alb, albumin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GGT, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; Tbil, total bilirubine; TP, total protein.