Table 6 Laboratory findings among the studied cases and comparison according to liver fibrosis
Variables | Fibrosis | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Present (N = 46) | Absent (N = 28) | ||
Hemoglobin | 13.0 ± 1.3 | 13.4 ± 1.4 | ^0.193 |
RBC | 4.7 ± 0.5 | 4.9 ± 0.5 | ^0.219 |
Hematocrit | 38.2 ± 4.1 | 39.7 ± 4.0 | ^0.118 |
MCHC | 34.0 ± 0.8 | 33.7 ± 1.0 | ^0.219 |
TLC | 12.4 ± 5.6 | 12.2 ± 5.6 | ^0.840 |
Platelets | 359.8 ± 83.8 | 346.1 ± 87.5 | ^0.504 |
Cholesterol | 157.5 ± 45.8 | 134.1 ± 35.0 | ^0.022* |
Triglycerides | 130.8 ± 90.8 | 95.9 ± 29.3 | ^0.020* |
HDL | 53.5 ± 9.5 | 51.3 ± 7.0 | ^0.296 |
LDL | 75.2 ± 34.9 | 64.8 ± 23.9 | ^0.164 |
FBG | 214.0 ± 79.3 | 219.6 ± 70.7 | ^0.762 |
HbA1c | 10.2 ± 1.7 | 10.3 ± 2.4 | ^0.881 |
No. of cases with HbA1c ≥ 10.0 | 24 (52.2%) | 16 (57.1%) | #0.877 |
Mean HbA1c/y | 10.7 ± 1.8 | 10.8 ± 2.2 | ^0.702 |
No. of cases with mean HbA1c ≥ 10.0/y | 30 (65.2%) | 20 (71.4%) | #0.837 |
AST | 28.7 ± 23.1 | 20.6 ± 6.1 | ^0.069 |
No. of cases with abnormal AST | 9 (19.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | §0.010* |
ALT | 16.1 ± 10.3 | 11.7 ± 3.2 | ^0.028* |
No. of cases with abnormal ALT | 3 (6.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | §0.275 |