Assessment of fibroblast growth factor 19 as a non-invasive serum marker for hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 5 Correlation between fibroblast growth factor 19 and alpha fetoprotein with patients’ laboratory data

	AFP		FGF-19
	r	P value	r	P value
AFP	–	–	0.383	0.003
FGF-19	0.383	0.003	–	–
Age	0.062	0.640	0.125	0.343
Haemoglobin	-0.196	0.133	-0.060	0.651
White blood cells	-0.064	0.627	-0.144	0.272
Platelets	0.018	0.893	-0.151	0.248
Alanine aminotransferase	0.036	0.786	-0.151	0.249
Aspartate aminotransferase	0.040	0.764	-0.024	0.855
Creatinine	-0.164	0.211	0.093	0.480
Urea	-0.022	0.867	0.012	0.929
Albumin	-0.213	0.102	-0.500	0.000
INR	-0.001	0.993	0.357	0.005
Bilirubin	-0.093	0.479	0.008	0.952
Fasting blood glucose	-0.135	0.477	0.056	0.767

AFP: Alpha fetoprotein; FGF-19: Fibroblast growth factor 19; INR: International normalised ratio.