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. 2012 Nov 14;7(11):e49270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049270

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