The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 3 Comparison between baseline amphiregulin serum level (pg/mL) and other studied parameters among the HCC group

From: Amphiregulin as a novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of hepatocellular carcinoma before and after locoregional treatment

HCC group	Amphiregulin (pg/mL)		P value
HCC group	N	Mean ± SD	P value
Gender
Male	22	23.1 ± 9.0	^0.950
Female	8	23.6 ± 17.5	^0.950
Child score
A	25	23.7 ± 12.1	^0.636
B	5	21.0 ± 8.8	^0.636
Foci number
Solitary	7	17.2 ± 4.0	^0.015*
Multiple	23	25.1 ± 12.5	^0.015*
Focal lesion size
≤ 3 cm	12	16.3 ± 5.5	^0.002*
> 3 cm	18	27.9 ± 12.3	^0.002*
BCLC
A	6	19.3 ± 5.0	^#0.654
B	21	24.2 ± 12.3
C	3	24.5 ± 17.4
Intervention
TACE	20	22.5 ± 12.4	^0.603
RF	10	24.8 ± 10.2	^0.603

^Independent t test
^#ANOVA test
*Significant

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