Table 2.
Biliary lipid composition and cholesterol saturation (mean ± SE)
| Crohn’s disease ileitis or ileocolitis (n = 17) | Crohn’s disease colitis (n = 7) | Crohn’s disease all patients (n = 24) | Gallstone disease (n = 14) | |
| Cholesterol (molar%) | 7.4± 0.7 | 6.4 ± 0.9 | 7.1 ± 0.6 | 9.8 ± 1.2 |
| Phospholipids (molar%) | 22.3 ± 1.2 | 25.0 ± 1.8 | 23.1 ± 1.0 | 25.1 ± 1.8 |
| Bile acids (molar%) | 70.3 ± 1.6 | 68.6 ± 2.4 | 69.8 ± 1.3 | 65.1 ± 3.0 |
| Cholesterol saturation (%) | 103 ± 9 | 83 ± 9a | 97 ± 7 | 138 ± 18 |
a
P < 0.05 vs patients with gallstone disease