highly significantP < 0.001
A level of probability P < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant, P > 0.05 as non-significant, P < 0.01 as highly significant and P < 0.001 as very highly significant. 3 Results The patients included in this study were those who suffering from chronic liver diseases such as hepatic portal hypertension, liver cirrhosis with chronic active hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.