Clinical relevance of increased serum preneoplastic antigen in hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 3 Correlations of preneoplastic antigen, α-fetoprotein, and des-γ-carboxy-prothrombin with laboratory tests in patients with hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

	PNA		AFP		DCP
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Albumin	-0.173	0.245	-0.416	0.004	-0.339	0.020
AST	0.325	0.026	0.626	< 0.001	0.232	0.117
ALT	0.227	0.125	0.438	0.002	-0.038	0.799
ALP	0.582	< 0.001	0.459	0.001	0.302	0.039
Bilirubin	0.226	0.130	0.366	0.012	0.030	0.841
GTP	0.666	< 0.001	0.274	0.062	0.082	0.585
Type IV collagen	0.107	0.476	0.498	< 0.001	0.246	0.095

The correlation index (r) and 2-sided P value were calculated by Spearman’s correlation analysis. PNA: Preneoplastic antigen; AFP: α-Fetoprotein; DCP: Des-γ-carboxy-prothrombin; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; GTP: Glutamyl tranpeptidase.