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. 2018 Jul 15;2018:1746391. doi: 10.1155/2018/1746391

Table 2.

Changes of various parameters before and after 4 weeks of PSE.

Pre-PSE Post-PSE p
Ammonia (mg/dl) 82.1 ± 94 51.0 ± 43 0.1140
Total bilirubin (g/dl) 1.5 ± 0.9 1.6 ± 1.2 0.6130
Direct bilirubin (g/dl) 0.6 ± 0.5 0.7 ± 0.9 0.2650
Albumin (mg/dl) 3.2 ± 0.6 3.1 ± 0.6 0.1050
AST (IU/l) 52.1 ± 30 58.3 ± 44 0.3890
ALT (IU/l) 34.8 ± 27 32.5 ± 28 0.0890
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 130.2 ± 30 127.4 ± 21 0.9650
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl) 16.6 ± 8 15.0 ± 6 0.1050
Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.8 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.2 0.1300
Prothrombin time (%) 65.8 ± 14 69.7 ± 13 0.013
White blood cell (/mm3) 2945.4 ± 1471 4704.6 ± 1730 0.001
Segment (/mm3) 1791.2 ± 954 2809.3 ± 912 0.009
Lymphocyte (/mm3) 607.2 ± 215 1038.0 ± 451 0.006
Monocyte (/mm3) 245.9 ± 70 440.9 ± 103 0.001
Platelets (×104/mm3) 4.32 ± 1.5 8.95 ± 5.0 0.001
AFP (ng/ml) 2561.3 ± 5704 19806.0 ± 39533 0.0679
AFP-L3 (%) 19.3 ± 22 26.2 ± 31 0.1088
DCP (AU/ml) 325.2 ± 677 364.5 ± 490 1.0000
Child-Pugh score 7.6 ± 1.9 7.4 ± 1.9 0.4174

PSE: partial splenic embolization; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; DCP: des-gamma carboxyprothrombin. Statistically different compared with Wilcoxon's signed-rank sum test.