Combined treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with partial splenic embolization and transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization

Table 2 Follow-up results of WBC counts (× 10⁹/L)

Time	Group A		Group B		P-value2
	mean ± SD	P-value1	mean ± SD	P-value1
Pre-treatment	2.45 ± 0.41		2.40 ± 0.51		0.734
Post-treatment
1 wk	7.26 ± 0.96	< 0.001	1.77 ± 0.38	< 0.001	< 0.001
2 wk	6.42 ± 1.02	< 0.001	1.68 ± 0.39	< 0.001	< 0.001
1 mo	6.31 ± 0.83	< 0.001	1.72 ± 0.65	< 0.001	< 0.001
2 mo	6.03 ± 0.93	< 0.001	1.91 ± 0.73	0.0032	< 0.001
3 mo	5.36 ± 0.64	< 0.001	2.02 ± 0.48	0.013	< 0.001

¹Comparison of WBC counts before and after treatment at different time points within each group;

²Comparison of WBC counts between the two groups at different time points determined with t-test.