The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 4 Correlations of AFP and amphiregulin with other parameters among HCC group

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

Variables	AFP		Amphiregulin
Variables	r	p	r	p
Age	0.123	0.518	− 0.018	0.925
Body mass index	0.166	0.382	− 0.068	0.720
Child score	− 0.128	0.500	− 0.118	0.533
Tumor size	0.079	0.676	0.637	< 0.001*
Hemoglobin	0.008	0.965	− 0.162	0.392
TLC	0.021	0.914	− 0.266	0.155
Platelets	− 0.026	0.893	− 0.098	0.606
AST	0.080	0.673	− 0.007	0.972
ALT	0.111	0.561	0.213	0.259
Albumin	0.088	0.644	0.021	0.913
Total bilirubin	− 0.079	0.679	− 0.129	0.498
Direct bilirubin	− 0.097	0.611	− 0.156	0.409
Alkaline Ph.	0.186	0.324	0.059	0.757
INR	− 0.265	0.156	− 0.019	0.919
Creatinine	0.177	0.349	− 0.241	0.199
MELD Score	− 0.058	0.759	− 0.229	0.223
Amphiregulin	0.080	0.673

Pearson correlation
*Significant

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