Table 3.

Biochemical changes before transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and during follow up

	Reference interval	Before TIPS	6 mo	12 mo	24 mo	36 mo
n		14	11	11	11	10
Alanine aminotransaminase (U/L)	(10-70) (M)/(10-45) (F)	73 (15-533)	41 (23-66)	34 (22-62)	42 (19-58)	35 (11-77)
Bilirubin (μmol/L)	5-25	35 (10-86)	28 (10-50)	27 (4-94)	25 (12-152)	21 (14-85)
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	35-105	180 (22-1105)	182 (86-391)	186 (94-461)	154 (88-358)	154 (89-349)
Albumin (μmol/L)	542-722	466 (331-711)	595 (439-707)	601 (554-714)	605 (532-684)	622 (497-727)
Creatinine (μmol/L)	(60-105) (M)/(45-90) (F)	76 (19-119)	71 (51-106)	69 (49-98)	71 (47-98)	59 (45-86)

Results are given as median (range). M: Male reference values, F: Female reference values; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.