Table 1.
General characteristics of patients and healthy controls
| Characteristics | C (n = 30) | Y (n = 29) | N (n = 31) | P value | |
| Sex (Male/Female) | 25/5 | 21/8 | 25/6 | 0.565 | |
| Age (yr) | 52.93 ± 11.01 | 56.63 ± 9.15 | 51.23 ± 11.79 | 0.148 | |
| Pathogens | HBV | 25 | 24 | / | 0.720 |
| HCV | 1 | 2 | |||
| HBV + HCV | 1 | 0 | |||
| None | 3 | 3 | |||
| AFP (ng/mL) | > 200 | 11 | 0 | / | 0.000 |
| 50-199 | 4 | 1 | |||
| < 50 | 15 | 28 | |||
| ALT (U/L) | 162.32 ± 201.06 | 91.02 ± 156.39 | 20.34 ± 8.43 | 0.000 | |
| AST (U/L) | 146.35 ± 112.70 | 114.49 ± 191.67 | 21.59 ± 4.51 | 0.012 | |
| TBIL (μmol/L) | 39.21 ± 68.38 | 40.87 ± 42.41 | 9.66 ± 2.66 | 0.015 | |
| DBIL (μmol/L) | 17.91 ± 34.43 | 17.90 ± 23.03 | 4.49 ± 1.38 | 0.044 | |
| TP (g/L) | 62.42 ± 10.95 | 74.14 ± 8.05 | 72.31 ± 3.96 | 0.000 | |
| ALB (g/L) | 33.51 ± 6.30 | 37.65 ± 7.64 | 45.36 ± 2.62 | 0.000 | |
| Child-Pugh score (A/B) | 18/12 | 15/14 | / | 0.353 | |
AFP: α-fetoprotein; ALB: Albumin; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; TBIL: Total bilirubin; TP: Total protein.