Table 4 Correlation coefficients between biochemical data and flow volume.

	Group I	Group II	Group III
3 days of age
Ammonia	r = 0.7014; p<0.001; n = 29	r = 0.4653; p<0.001; n = 71	r = 0.3346; p = 0.0816; n = 29
Total bile acid	r = 0.3430; p = 0.0727; n = 29	r = 0.3819; p = 0.0039; n = 71	r = 0.2480; p = 0.2174; n = 29
Hepaplastin test	r = −0.6292; p<0.001; n = 29	r = −0.5797; p<0.001; n = 71	r = −0.4675; p = 0.0057; n = 32
Vitamin K	r = −0.0973; p = 0.5838; n = 29	r = 0.1311; p = 0.3152; n = 71	r = 0.2100; p = 0.2763; n = 32
Galactose	r = 0.0759; p = 0.8449; n = 26	r = −0.2365; p = 0.1758; n = 44	r = 06556; p = 0.0094; n = 18
Galalactose 1‐phosphate	r = 0.2089; p = 0.2969; n = 26	r = −0.0331; p = 0.7374; n = 44	r = 0.5460; p = 0.0304; n = 18
7 days of age
Ammonia	r = 0.5337; p = 0.0052; n = 29	r = −0.0362; p = 0.1093; n = 71	r = 0.4777; p = 0.2735; n = 38
Total bile acid	r = 0.4172; p = 0.0307; n = 29	r = 0.1980; p = 0.5161; n = 71	r = 0.2794; p = 01087; n = 38
Hepaplastin test	r = −0.1167; p = 0.4790; n = 29	r = −0.0149; p = 0.1560; n = 71	r = 0.4438; p = 0.5176; n = 38
Galactose	r = 0.2674; p = 0.1860; n = 29	r = 0.0835; p = 0.6362; n = 47	r = 0.4314; p = 0.3783; n = 23
Galactose 1‐phosphate	r = 0.2727; p = 0.1609; n = 29	r = 0.1938; p = 0.5842; n = 47	r = 0.2282; p = 0.5681; n = 23

Data are p values for Spearman's correlation coefficient by rank test. p Values in bold are significant.