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Table 3 Tumor marker enzymes in bilharzial and non-bilharzial carcinoma tissues compared to normal (unaffected) tissues:
| Enzymes | Tissues types | Bilharzial bladder cancerous tissues n = 13 | Bladder cancerous tissues n = 12 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffected (normal) tissues | Malignant tissues | Unaffected (normal) tissues | Malignant tissues | ||||||||||
| Grading | I | II | III | I | II | III | I | II | III | I | II | III | |
| LDH | Mean ± SD | 8.5 ± 0.33 | 8.8 ± 0.21 | 9.1 ± 0.12 | 15.4 ± 0.2 | 16.3 ± 0.21 | 17.3 ± 0.17 | 6.1 ± 0.14 | 6.9 ± 0.24 | 7.2 ± 0.17 | 10.8 ± 0.5 | 12.5 ± 0.29 | 13.5 ± 0.3 |
| P< | -- | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | -- | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | |
| AST | Mean ± SD | 1.74 ± 0.038 | 1.91 ± 0.01 | 2.06 ± 0.30 | 2.85 ± 0.05 | 3.44 ± 0.1 | 3.91 ± 0.13 | 1.61 ± 0.01 | 1.76 ± 0.04 | 1.93 ± 0.1 | 2.78 ± 0.03 | 3.19 ± 0.02 | 3.58 ± 0.13 |
| P< | - | - | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | -- | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | |
| ALT | Mean ± SD | 4.69 ± 0.04 | 4.82 ± 0.05 | 4.98 ± 0.1 | 7.73 ± 0.3 | 7.96 ± 0.57 | 8.22 ± 0.4 | 4.59 ± 0.05 | 4.77 ± 0.13 | 4.86 ± 0.14 | 7.53 ± 0.02 | 7.82 ± 0.02 | 7.97 ± 0.03 |
| P< | -- | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | - | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | |
| PK | Mean ± SD | 15.10 ± 3.70 | 15.21 ± 3.79 | 15.32 ± 3.81 | 36.1 ± 10.3 | 38.4 ± 12.6 | 42.3 ± 14.7 | 14.81 ± 3.12 | 14.97 ± 3.24 | 15.30 ± 3.51 | 24.90 ± 4.70 | 27.0 ± 10.6 | 30.1 ± 11.34 |
| P< | -- | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | -- | -- | -- | H.S | H.S | H.S | |
