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Table 2 CK19 positivity among groups

From: Gremlin in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma complicating chronic hepatitis C: an immunohistochemical and PCR study of human liver biopsies

CK 19

Hepatitis

Cirrhosis

HCC

 

(n=35)

(n=35)

(n=35)

Range

0.0 – 10.0

0.0 – 90.0

0.0 – 0.0

Mean ± SD

2.63 ± 2.70

18.0 ± 23.48

0.0 ± 0.0

Median

2.0

9.0

0.0

Z 1 (p)

 

2.866* (0.004)

4.305* (<0.001)

Z 2 (p)

  

4.665* (<0.001)

  1. Z 1 Z for the Mann–Whitney test between hepatitis and other groups.
  2. Z 2 Z for the Mann–Whitney test between cirrhosis and HCC groups.
  3. *Statistically significant.
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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