Table 3: Laboratory investigations in the studied groups.

HCC Group Cirrhotic Group Control Group F test P Value Tuckey
Hb
(gm/dl)		 11.83 ± 1.28 12.55 ± 1.51 13.83 ± 0.97 11.63 <0.0001*serum creatinine and urea P1 0.079
P2 <0.0001*
P3 0.002*
Platelet (×103
/mm³)		 110.3 ± 86.22 132.7 ± 47.95 261.75 ± 79.9 24.88 <0.0001* P1 0.337
P2 <0.0001*
P3 <0.0001*
TLC (×103
/mm³)		 5.42 ± 2.74 8.39 ± 6.19 7.63 ± 2.33 11.63 0.0702
TSB (mg/dl) 2.16 ± 1.46 1.02 ± 0.42 0.80 ± 0.17 13.67 <0.0001* P1 <0.0001*
P2 <0.0001*
P3 0.427809
Albumin (gm/dl) 3 ± 0.51 3.75 ± 0.45 4.21 ± 0.52 30.19 <0.0001* P1 0.00001*
P2 <0.0001*
P3 0.0053
INR 1.42 ± 0.25 1.11 ± 0.15 1.14 ± 0.11 17.65 <0.0001* P1 0.00002*
P2 0.00008*
P3 0.657
ALT (U/L) 74.1 ± 36.84 69.49 ± 44.04 22.9 ± 9.01 14.25 <0.0001* P1 0.666
P2 0.00001*
P3 0.00005*
AST (U/L) 107.9 + 60.75 58.34 + 60.75 27.25 + 60.75 17.84 <0.0001* P1 0.001*
P2 <0.0001*
P3 0.0261*
Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.72 + 0.22 0.75 + 0.15 0.72 + 0.17 0.235 0.791
Blood urea (mg/dl) 29.35 + 5.06 31.45 + 3.73 28.05 + 4.86 2.8 0.07
AFP (ng/ml) 262.4 + 431 21.28 + 27.16 5.22 + 2.39 6.676 0.002* P1 0.003*
P2 0.002*
P3 0.839
Fucosylated haptoglobin (U/ml) 452.6 + 521.9 247.4 + 201.9 18.9 + 3.7 8.4060 0.0004* P1 0.049*
P2 0.0001*
P3 0.029*

F= one-way ANOVA, * denotes statistically significant p<0.05, P1: P value between group I & group II, P2: P value between group I & group III, P3: P value between group II & group III