Table 3 Changes in biochemical data after birth.

	Group I	Group II	Group III	p Value
				I v II v III	I v II	II v III	GI v GIII
Ammonia (μg/dl)
Day 3	97.0 (4.1)(n = 29)	73.5 (3.1)(n = 71)	63.3 (4.5)(n = 30)	<0.001***	<0.001***	<0.001***	<0.001***
Day 7	85.3 (3.5)(n = 29)	68.2 (3.1)(n = 71)	56.8 (2.6)(n = 40)	<0.001***	<0.001***	<0.001***	<0.001***
Total bile acid (μmol/l)
Day 3	28.7 (2.9)(n = 29)	18.8 (1.1)(n = 71)	21.9 (2.5)(n = 28)	0.0030**	0.001**	0.5291	0.0117*
Day 7	23.5 (2.0)(n = 29)	19.3 (1.0)(n = 71)	21.4 (1.4)(n = 38)	0.2057	0.0842	0.5499	0.2262
Hepaplastin test (%)
Day 3	57.4 (2.9)(n = 29)	66.9 (1.7)(n = 71)	69.3 (3.7)(n = 34)	<0.001***	<0.001***	0.0182*	<0.001***
Day 7	59.9 (4.7)(n = 29)	68.1 (5.6)(n = 71)	71.2 (6.9)(n = 40)	<0.001***	<0.001***	0.0144*	<0.001***
Plasma vitamin K (ng/ml)
Day 3	69 (6)(n = 29)	71 (4)(n = 71)	67 (6)(n = 34)	0.3900	0.3933	0.2139	0.5859
Galactose (mg/dl)
Day 3	0.32 (0.02)(n = 26)	0.43 (0.08)(n = 45)	0.33 (0.04)(n = 32)	0.7856	0.8493	0.6317	0.4758
Day 7	0.55 (0.06)(n = 29)	0.52 (0.16)(n = 47)	0.47 (0.06)(n = 32)	0.4999	0.8045	0.2542	0.4038
Galactose 1‐phosphate (mg/dl)
Day 3	0.71 (0.11)(n = 26)	1.11 (0.18)(n = 44)	1.11 (0.22)(n = 32)	0.0185*	0.1139	0.1265	0.005**
Day 7	1.20 (0.22)(n = 29)	1.35 (0.22)(n = 47)	1.82 (0.23)(n = 32)	0.0017**	0.5964	0.0013**	0.0013**

Data are mean (SE). Differences between group were evaluated by the Kruskal‐Wallis test: *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.