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Table 3 Level of FGF-2 positivity among groups

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

FGF 2

Hepatitis

Cirrhosis

HCC

 

(n=35)

(n=35)

(n=35)

Range

0.060.0 – 16.0.0

0. 0.0 – 16.00 – 16.0

0.0 – 70.0

Mean ± SD

5.06 ± 4.30± 4.30

6.13 ± 5.0.0

14.67 ± 18.67

Median

4.544.50

4.04.0

9.0

Z1 (p)

 

.50.557(0.578)

1.308 (0.191)

Z2 (P)

  

0.937 (0.349)

  1. Z 1 Z for the Mann–Whitney test between HCV and other groups.
  2. Z 2 Z for Mann Whitney test between cirrhosis and HCC.
  3. * Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.
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BMC Research Notes

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