Table 2.

Serum values of AST, ALT, ALP, GGT, total bilirubin and albumin in normal healthy controls and studied groups.

Parameter	Statistics	Normal control (NC) (N = 20)	Chronic hepatitis C G (I) (N = 20)	Liver cirrhosis G (II) (N = 23)	Hepatocellular carcinoma G (III) (N = 17)
AST (U/L)	Range	8–42	15–82	34–157	53–275
	Mean ± S.E.	24 ± 2.07	35 ± 3.46	83 ± 6.97	140 ± 13.72
	P-value <		<0.01	<0.001	<0.001
ALT (U/L)	Range	12–65	20–95	43–187	34–133
	Mean ± S.E.	28 ± 3.63	43 ± 3.78	90 ± 10.3	64 ± 6.09
	P-value <		<0.01	<0.001	<0.001
ALP (U/L)	Range	35–124	52–195	86–220	103–317
	Mean ± S.E.	74 ± 5.57	106 ± 10.01	159 ± 9.73	223 ± 12.74
	P-value <		0.01	<0.001	<0.001
GGT (U/L)	Range	10–37	17–75	22–133	59–231
	Mean ± S.E.	20 ± 2.23	34 ± 3.53	77 ± 7.31	131 ± 10.35
	P-value <		<0.01	<0.001	<0.001
T. BIL. (mg/dl)	Range	0.3–1.12	0.64–1.8	0.82–2.21	1.02–2.82
	Mean ± S.E.	0.75 ± 0.064	1.04 ± 0.074	1.52 ± 0.082	2.1 ± 0.112
	P-value <		<0.01	<0.001	<0.001
ALB (g/dl)	Range	3.4–5.5	2.7–5	2.1–3.9	2.02–3.23
	Mean ± S.E.	4.46 ± 0.14	3.96 ± 0.16	3.07 ± 0.11	2.56 ± 0.09
	P-value <		<0.05	<0.001	<0.001

P < 0.05 statistically significant.