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

Table 4 Comparing laboratory data of patients with macro-scopic laparoscopic signs of cirrhosis

Laboratory data	Histological analysis		P
	No cirrhosis (n = 13)	Cirrhosis (n = 8)
AST (U/l)	35.9 ± 24.9	87.7 ± 67.8	< 0.02
ALT (U/l)	64.9 ± 72.2	97.0 ± 66.34	ns
γ-GT (U/l)	51.64 ± 39.78	103.0 ± 104.6	< 0.02
AP (U/l)	126.3 ± 54.6	144.6 ± 39.6	ns
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.36 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 3.438	ns
CHE (U/l)	5129 ± 1861	4685 ± 1773	ns
Prothrombin index (%)	95.8 ± 10.6	90.7 ± 14.3	ns
γ-globuline fraction (%)	16.3 ± 3.2	19.6 ± 10.6	ns
Platelet count (cells/µl)	180700 ± 56240	167000 ± 77110	ns

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