Table 3. Comparisons of bile acid profiles in umbilical cord artery and umbilical cord vein samples.
| CONTROL | UNTREATED | TREATED | |||||||
| Cord Artery (µmol/L) | Cord Vein (µmol/L) | P value | Cord Artery (µmol/L) | Cord Vein (µmol/L) | P value | Cord Artery (µmol/L) | Cord Vein (µmol/L) | P value | |
| TCA | 0.92 (0.26) | 0.93 (0.25) | 0.904 | 1.51 (0.33) | 1.58 (0.53) | 0.784 | 0.56 (0.16) | 0.58 (0.18) | 0.551 |
| GCA | 0.47 (0.13) | 0.45 (0.12) | 0.707 | 2.92 (0.74) | 2.89 (0.92) | 0.961 | 1.21 (0.65) | 1.31 (0.73) | 0.320 |
| CA | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.160 | 0.11 (0.06) | 0.12 (0.02) | 0.508 | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.08 (0.02) | 0.214 |
| TCDCA | 0.96 (0.12) | 1.13 (0.20) | 0.281 | 0.91 (0.17) | 0.82 (0.18) | 0.08 | 0.12 (0.36) | 1.13 (0.34) | 0.882 |
| GCDCA | 0.69 (0.14) | 0.67 (0.12) | 0.751 | 1.38 (0.28) | 1.38 (0.28) | 0.995 | 3.02 (2.18) | 2.88 (2.01) | 0.423 |
| CDCA | 0.003 (0.003) | 0.005 (0.005) | 0.339 | 0.01 (0.005) | 0.01 (0.005) | 0.518 | 0.03 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.539 |
| TDCA | 0.01 (0.006) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.148 | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.007 (0.007) | 0.356 | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.356 |
| GDCA | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.0007 (0.0007) | 0.201 | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.008) | 0.747 | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.002 (0.001) | 0.646 |
| DCA | 0.006 (0003) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.672 | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.01 (0.005) | 0.084 | 0.02 (0.008) | 0.02 (0.005) | 0.431 |
| TLCA | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.339 | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.356 | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.007 (0.005) | 0.243 |
| GLCA | 0.02 (0.006) | 0.02 (0.004) | 0.188 | 0.02 (0.001) | 0.02 (0.001) | 0.846 | 0.02 (0.002) | 0.02 (0.003) | 0.357 |
| LCA | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.005) | 0.849 | 0.01 (0.006) | 0.008 (0.002) | 0.704 | 0.02 (0.005) | 0.01 (0.004) | 0.214 |
| TUDCA | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.205 | 0.07 (0.05) | 0.06 (0.05) | 0.668 | 0.31 (0.21) | 0.36 (0.26) | 0.379 |
| GUDCA | 0.02 (0.004) | 0.01 (0.003) | 0.691 | 0.47 (0.34) | 0.48 (0.38) | 0.828 | 3.06 (2.43) | 3.17 (2.53) | 0.335 |
| UDCA | 0.008 (0.005) | 0.007 (0.007) | 0.930 | 0.06 (0.05) | 0.07 (0.06) | 0.913 | 0.85 (0.39) | 0.90 (0.40) | 0.048 * |
| HDCA | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | - | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | - | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.3632 |
| HCA | 0.001 (0.005) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.1397 | 0.04 (0.008) | 0.04 (0.01) | 0.5961 | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.07 (0.01) | 0.9641 |
| άMCA | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | - | 0.18 (0.14) | 0.19 (0.16) | 0.6255 | 1.08 (0.28) | 1.07 (0.33) | 0.8952 |
| βMCA | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | - | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | - | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | - |
See Table 1 for abbreviations. Values represent mean (SEM).