From: Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Variablesa | Group I (n = 95), no fibrosis | Group II (n = 90), fibrosis | Group III (n = 64), cirrhosis | Tukey’s post hoc test | ||
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Group I vs. II | Group I vs. III | Group II vs. III | ||||
Age (year) | 32.26 ± 0.65 | 43.32 ± 1.21 | 54.00 ± 2.08 | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |
ALT (U/L) | 22.36 ± 0.92 | 54.07 ± 2.45 | 67.87 ± 3.59 | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |
AST (U/L) | 24.09 ± 1.23 | 56.87 ± 3.39 | 68.97 ± 4.35 | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* | 0.014* |
Total bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.71 ± 0.03 | 1.79 ± 0.30 | 1.78 ± 0.18 | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* | 1.00 |
Albumin (g/L) | 3.88 ± 0.07 | 3.48 ± 0.17 | 2.97 ± 0.11 | 0.030* | < 0.0001* | 0.030* |
Platelets (109/L) | 240.06 ± 5.43 | 172.03 ± 22.24 | 130.67 ± 21.77 | 0.015* | < 0.0001* | 0.259 |
AFP (U/L) | 1.35 ± 0.06 | 37.54 ± 6.98 | 94.18 ± 23.95 | 0.001* | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |