Table 2. Characteristics of the studied participants.

Characteristics	HCC	Hepatitis B and cirrhosis	Control	P
	n=60	n=75	n=79
Gender				0.5691
Male	50	59	60
Female	10	16	19
Age				0.8101
<55	29	35	34
≧55	31	40	45
Smoking				0.5161
Negative	33	40	49
Positive	27	35	30
Alcoholism				0.6041
Negative	41	50	48
Positive	19	25	31
ALT (U/l)	50 (28, 78)4	24 (20,38)3	20(16,26)	<0.012
AST (U/l)	52 (34, 98)4	38 (25,48)4	21(20,25)	<0.012
TBIL (μmol/l)	20 (14, 26)3	24 (15,34)4	12 (10,15)	<0.052
GGT (U/l)	150 (68, 258)4	38 (20,128)3	21(19,37)	<0.012
GLU (mmol/l)	5.2 (4.5, 6.1)3	4.8 (4.0,6.0)	4.4 (4.2,5.3)	<0.052

Data are presented as median (25 percentiles, 75 percentiles).

¹Chi-square test.

²Kruskal–Wallis.

³P<0.05.

⁴P<0.01 compared with Control.