Table 2.
PBC All Strata | ||||||||
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Bile Acid |
Normal Persons7 | 95% Confidence Limits | Difference of Mean from Normal P < .05 |
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Lower | Upper | |||
CA | 36.5 | 8.3 | 57.4 | 18.6 | 53.7 | 61.1 | Increased | |
CDCA | 38.5 | 8.0 | 31.5 | 15.5 | 28.4 | 34.6 | Decreased | |
DCA | 15.8 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 9.8 | Decreased | |
UDCA | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | Decreased | |
LCA | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | Decreased | |
SLCA | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | Not significant | |
NIP | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | Decreased |