Table 1. Bile acids concentrations (mean±SD) in dried blood spots of BA, neonatal jaundice and comparison infants.
Variables | Comparison group (n = 292) | Jaundice group (n = 17) | BA group (n = 8) | P value | ||
Comparison vs Jaundice | Comparison vs BA | Jaundice vs BA | ||||
GC (µmol/L) | 1.24±1.40 | 1.31±1.11 | 2.71±2.26 | 0.2551 | 0.0139 | 0.0664 |
GCDC (µmol/L) | 0.65±0.66 | 0.63±0.54 | 0.94±0.55 | 0.7747 | 0.0487 | 0.0967 |
TC (µmol/L) | 0.43±0.40 | 0.47±0.30 | 0.98±0.62 | 0.2409 | 0.0016 | 0.0231 |
TCDC (µmol/L) | 1.34±1.29 | 1.82±1.47 | 1.85±0.82 | 0.05906 | 0.0304 | 0.5216 |
Total bile Acids (µmol/L) | 3.81±3.06 | 4.36±2.64 | 6.62±3.89 | 0.2787 | 0.0162 | 0.1299 |