Texture analysis of MR images to identify the differentiated degree in hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study

Table 1 The clinical data of each subtype group and inter-group differences

Parameter	C	A	B	P value (A verse C)	P value (B verse C)	P value (A verse B)
Age	56.647 ± 9.652	59.875 ± 12.522	58.232 ± 10.831	0.356	0.304	0.937
Gender (female\male)	6\31	4\20	7\36	0.963	0.994	0.967
AFP (positive\negative)	32\5	11\13	30\13	0.001	0.074	0.054
ALT	64.705 ± 65.452	116.47 ± 105.389	68.047 ± 77.362	0.006	0.893	0.008
AST	46.430 ± 55.668	72.988 ± 109.165	60.842 ± 123.950	0.063	0.919	0.082
ALT\AST	1.55 ± 0.79	2.070 ± 10.96	1.504 ± 0.752	0.092	0.728	0.044
TBIL	25.695 ± 21.309	25.054 ± 14.022	53.532 ± 95.849	0.488	0.271	0.744
Direct bilirubin	13.483 ± 12.930	12.595 ± 9.154	28.574 ± 50.347	0.626	0.369	0.759
Indirect bilirubin	12.208 ± 9.239	12.463 ± 6.494	27.284 ± 53.889	0.425	0.191	0.724
GPC-3(positive\negative)	17\3	6\5	17\3	0.095	1	0.095

Note: A: well-differentiated HCC, B: moderately-differentiated HCC, C: poorly-differentiated HCC, AFP alpha fetoprotein, ALT alamine aminotransferase, AST aspartate transaminase, TBIL total bilirubin, GPC-3: glypican-3

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