From: Role of shear wave elastography in characterization of hepatic focal lesions
Lab investigations | Benign lesions, N = 28 (25.45%) | Malignant lesions, N = 82 (74.54%) | χ2 | p value | |
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CBC | RBCS (mean ± SD) | 4.7 ± 0.23 | 4.5 ± 0.52 | 0.751 | 0.420 |
WBCS (mean ± SD) | 5876.2 ± 911.2 | 5395.1 ± 1037.1 | 1.56 | 0.120 | |
Platelets (mean ± SD) | 250.3 ± 39.4 | 198.2 ± 67.23 | 2.745 | 0.009 | |
Virology | Negative | 10 (71.4%) | 2 (4.9%) | 27.65 | 0.001 |
Hepatitis B | 1 (7.1%) | 11 (26.8%) | |||
Hepatitis C | 3 (21.4%) | 28 (68.3%) | |||
Liver functions | Bilirubin (mean ± SD) | 1.23 ± 1.67 | 2.06 ± 3.6 | 0.751 | 0.411 |
Albumin (mean ± SD) | 3.9 ± 0.2 | 3.52 ± 0.54 | 2.641 | 0.013 | |
SGOT (mean ± SD) | 38.32 ± 12.35 | 57.32 ± 23.10 | 2.832 | 0.006 | |
SGPT (mean ± SD) | 39.1 ± 14.20 | 56.32 ± 16.14 | 3.214 | 0.002 | |
Renal functions | Creatinine (mean ± SD) | 3.9 ± 1.20 | 1.2 ± 0.21 | 1.652 | 0.095 |
Urea (mean ± SD) | 32.1 ± 6.25 | 37.2 ± 5.64 | 2.741 | 0.008 | |
INR | (mean ± SD) | 0.91 ± 0.07 | 0.97 ± 0.17 | 0.851 | 0.376 |
PC | (mean ± SD) | 75.2 ± 5.12 | 72.4 ± 8.32 | 0.941 | 0.351 |
Tumor markers | AFP (mean ± SD) | 22.1 ± 14.32 | 504.32 ± 387.1 | 4.651 | 0.001 |