In comparison, patients with serum AFP < 200 ng/ml were less likely to have underlying HCV (p = 0.004) or HBV (0.05), higher rates of T2DM (p = 0.05) and lower inflammatory response following TACE with lower serum neutrophils (p = 0.001) and ALT (p = 0.03). Here, AFP is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.