Table 2.

Comparison of clinical characteristics between patients with anti-integrin αvβ6 antibody-positive and antibody-negative PSC

	Positive n = 49	Negative n = 6	P value
Age			0.48
Mean	40.8	45.3
Median	40	50
Sex			0.07
Male	36 (73.4%)	2 (33.3%)
ALPa U/L			0.17
Mean	321.5	190.7
Median	277	232
T-Bilb mg/dl			0.30
Mean	4.8	1.4
Median	1.7	0.9
CRPc mg/dl			0.22
Mean	1.5	0.4
Median	0.8	0.1
IBD			0.02
Presence	34 (69%)	1 (17%)

PSC primary sclerosing cholangitis, ALP alkaline phosphatase, T-Bil total-bilirubin, CRP C-reactive protein, IBD inflammatory bowel disease

^aThe normal range of ALP is 38–113 U/L

^bThe normal range of T-Bil is 0.3–1.3 mg/dL

^cThe normal range of CRP is 0–0.2 mg/dL