Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	PBC (n = 45)	PSC (n = 27)
Age (mean, range in years)	58 (34–78)	45 (23–68)
Sex (male / female)	4/45	19/8
Fatigue (yes / no)	32/15	15/12
Cirrhosis (yes / no)	12 / 33	2 / 25
Inflammatory bowel disease (yes / no)	0 / 45	16 / 11
Total serum bilirubin (median, range in μmol/l)	10 (4–98)	15 (6–37)
Serum albumin (median, range in g/l)	42 (31–48)	42 (33–47)
Prothrombin time (median, range in sec.)	12 (10–18)	13 (11–16)
Serum ALT activity (median, range in U/l)	43 (17–484)	35 (10–662)
Serum AST activity (median, range in U/l)	37 (21–241)	31 (18–338)
Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (median, range in U/l)	154 (68–441)	147 (53–1141)

Normal values: bilirubin <18 μmol/l, albumin 35–50 g/l, ALT < 41 U/l (male) < 31 U/l (female), AST < 37 U/l (male) < 31 U/l (female), alkaline phosphatase < 117 U/l, prothrombin time < 13 sec.