Table VII.
Comparison of albumin and urea concentration in tissue culture supernatants of hepatocytes isolated with use of the new and original protocols.
| Tissue type | Geometric mean (95% confidence interval) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original protocol | New protocol | |||
| Albumin | ALD | 161 (150–173) | 178 (166–191) | 0.053 |
| Normal | 220 (208–233) | 379 (355–404) | <0.001a | |
| PBC/PSC | 226 (216–235) | 207 (198–216) | 0.012a | |
| Urea | ALD | 5.0 (4.1–6.1) | 6.0 (5.0–7.3) | 0.159 |
| Normal | 5.7 (4.7–6.7) | 10.3 (8.8–12.1) | 0.001a | |
| PBC/PSC | 6.5 (5.2–8.2) | 13.6 (10.8–17.2) | 0.002a | |
a
Significant after Bonferroni correction for three comparisons (P < 0.0167).