Table 6.

Relation between grade of fibrosis and evaluated biomarkers in CHC and HCC groups.

	F2	F3	F4	P
TGF-β1 (pg/ml)
CHC	102.3 ± 62.3a	222.1 ± 69.8b	308.3 ± 91.3c	0.012
HCC	—	201.3 ± 89.2a	299.1 ± 81.6b	0.011
VEGF (pg/ml)
CHC	40.2 ± 16.2	45.2 ± 10.8	41.1 ± 8.9	0.451
HCC	—	182.5 ± 69.8	215.9 ± 81.5	0.097
sFas (pg/ml)
CHC	302.5 ± 106.1a	385.2 ± 98.5b	490.2 ± 106.2b	0.012
HCC	—	502.3 ± 108.2a	711.3 ± 102.1b	0.029
miR-122
CHC	2.3 ± 1.41a	3.0 ± 1.71a	5.5 ± 1.36b	0.039
HCC	—	5.62 ± 2.03	6.8 ± 2.33	0.091
miR-21
CHC	3.8 ± 1.88a	4.6 ± 2.53a	7.9 ± 2.00b	0.027
HCC	—	6.15 ± 2.88a	9.8 ± 3.11b	0.034

Values are expressed as means ± SE; mean values within a row not sharing common superscript letters (a, b, c) were significantly different; P < 0.05.