Table 1.

Demographic data of analyzed subjects.

Feature	PBC (n = 143)	Control group (n = 306)
Age (median; range)	55 (28–90)	NA
Gender (M/F)	20/123	NA
Biopsy-confirmed cirrhosis (Y/N)	38/64	NA
AMA (pos/neg)	118/25	NA
ALT (median; range) IU/l (N—3–30)	47 (10–987)	NA
AP (median; range ), IU/l (N—40–120)	286 ( 37–1344)	NA
GGT (median; range), IU/l (N—3–30)	177 ( 11–1932)	NA
Bilirubin (median; range), mg/dl (N—0.2–1.0)	0.9 (0.2–45.0)	NA
Albumin (median; range), g/dl (N—3.8–4.4)	4.0 (2.1–5.8)	NA
INR (median; range) (N—0.8–1.2)	1.0 (0.8–2.3)	NA
Cholesterol (median; range ), mg/dl (N < 200)	217 (50–1096)	NA
Triglycerides (median; range), mg/dl (N < 150)	105 (47–681)	NA