Increased ΤGF-β3 in primary biliary cirrhosis: An abnormality related to pathogenesis?

Table 1 Basic characteristics of patients

	PBC	Chronic hepatitis	HCC	Viral cirrhosis
No. of patients	62	44	38	28
Mean age	69.1 ± 8.8	53 ± 11	62 ± 8.3	64 ± 10.3
Mayo score (mean)	5.19 ± 1.44
Gender (F/M)	56/6	36/8	13/25	16/12
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.5 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.5	1.8 ± 0.5
Albumin (g/dL)	4.2 ± 1.0	4.5 ± 0.8	3.6 ± 0.4	3.0 ± 0.9
Alk phos (UI/L) (normal < 125)	185 ± 36	110 ± 15	152 ± 28	138 ± 18
γGt (UI/L) (normal < 50)	98 ± 25	39 ± 18	65 ± 23	57 ± 13
ALT (UI/L)	62 ± 13	92 ± 36	71 ± 11	66 ± 17
AST (UI/L)	55 ± 17	86 ± 32	65 ± 21	59 ± 12
IgM (mg/dL)	428 ± 52	165 ± 32	138 ± 28	139 ± 47
Histological stage
Ludwig I-II	35
Ludwig III-IV	27
Ishak 1-3		30
Ishak 4-5		14

PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Alk phos: Alkaline phosphatase; γGt: γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; Ig: Immunoglobulin.