Table 2.

Biochemical parameters of the three studied groups

Characteristics	Control (n = 50)	Patients with hepatitis C without HCC (n = 50)	Patients with HCV-related HCC(n = 50)	Test of sig.	p-value
ALT (U/l), mean ±SD	20.70 ±4.94	46.0 ±17.87	69.54 ±21.75	F = 109.535*	< 0.001*
AST (U/l), mean ±SD	24.32 ±7.74	51.83 ±22.47	83.04 ±22.56	H = 107.496*	< 0.001*
Albumin (gm/dl), mean ±SD	4.74 ±0.41	3.88 ±0.85	2.20 ±0.58	F = 201.361*	< 0.001*
D.Bil. (mg/dl), mean ±SD	0.31 ±0.15	0.45 ±0.18	2.50 ±1.18	H = 107.789*	< 0.001*
Sig. bet. grps	p1 < 0.05*, p2 < 0.001*, p3 < 0.001*

ALT – alanine aminotransferase, AST– aspartate aminotransferase, D.Bil – direct bilirubin, F – ANOVA test, H – Kruskal-Wallis test, pairwise comparison bet. each 2 groups was done using Post Hoc Test, p – p-value for comparing between the studied groups, p₁ – p-value for comparing between control and HCV, p₂ – p-value for comparing between the control and HCC, p₃ – p-value for comparing between the HCV and HCC, ^*statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05