Levels of certain tumor markers as differential factors between bilharzial and non-biharzial bladder cancer among Egyptian patients

Table 2 Serum enzymes in bilharzial and non-bilharzial bladder cancerous patients in comparison to healthy persons:

Parameters	Grading progress	Healthy cases	Bilharzial bladder cancerous patients			non-bilharzial bladder cancerous patients
			I	II	III	I	II	III
		n = 10	n = 4	n = 5	n = 6	n = 6	n = 4	n = 5
AST (U/L)	Mean ± S.D	28.4 ± 2.3	102.7 ± 6.9	120.6 ± 8.5	132.9 ± 10.1	85.3 ± 4.9	96.5 ± 9.3	107.3 ± 11.6
	P <	--	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S
ALT (U/L)	Mean ± S.D	26.3 ± 1.8	82.2 ± 3.95	96.5 ± 6.1	111.1 ± 9.9	69.3 ± 6.5	83.3 ± 7.6	99.8 ± 6.7
	P<	--	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S
LDH (U/L)	Mean ± S.D	139.9 ± 13.8	351.5 ± 20.2	434.7 ± 21.4	489.3 ± 37.6	334.4 ± 15.5	379.1 ± 14.2	408.6 ± 14.2
	P<	--	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S	H.S
Total protein gm%	Mean ± S.D	7.7 ± 0.5	8.30 ± 0.6	8.40 ± 0.4	9.30 ± 0.3	7.40 ± 0.3	7.5 ± 0.4	7.80 + 0.5
	P <	--	S	S	S	N.S	N.S	N.S

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