Is laparoscopy an advantage in the diagnosis of cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection?

Table 3 Laboratory data of patients with and without laparoscopic macroscopic evidence of cirrhosis

Laboratory data	Laparoscopy		P
	Patients with evidence of cirrhosis (n = 21)	Patients without evidence of cirrhosis (n = 51)
AST (U/l)	59.7 ± 54.2	29.3 ± 19.6	< 0.02
ALT (U/l)	82.5 ± 70.3	72.6 ± 47.2	ns
γ-GT (U/l)	72.6 ± 78.4	34.1 ± 38.2	< 0.02
AP (U/l)	129.8 ± 48.9	137.5 ± 49.6	ns
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	1.1 ± 0.93	1.86 ± 6.23	ns
CHE (U/l)	5114 ± 1331	5910 ± 1001	ns
Prothrombin index (%)	93.8 ± 12.6	102.2 ± 6.3	< 0.02
γ-globuline fraction (%)	19.9 ± 6.5	13.7 ± 2.9	< 0.02
Platelet count (cell/µl)	172940 ± 65068	253230 ± 57096	< 0.02

All data were showed as mean ± standard deviation. Statisti-cal analysis was performed by applying Mann-Whitney test. ns = not significant.