Table 2. Serum IGF1 and IGFBP-3 levels of the healthy, cirrhosis, and HCC groups.

	n	Mean ± SD	p value
Serum IFG-1 level (ng/ml)
Healthy population	1255	181.34 ± 107.89	< 0.001
Cirrhosis patients	324	117.77 ± 109.69	0.037
HCC patients	432	102.91 ± 85.89
Serum IFGBP3 level (ng/ml)
Healthy population	665	2608.35 ± 787.27	< 0.001
Cirrhosis patients	156	1278.84 ± 777.30	0.026
HCC patients	175	1092.38 ± 736.06