Table 3.
Biliary bile acid composition (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) | |
| Cholic acid (%) | 44.5 ± 3.3 | 43.2 ± 2.2 | 44.1 ± 2.4a | 35.4 ± 2.7 |
| Chenodeoxycholic acid (%) | 43.0 ± 2.9b | 45.3 ± 3.8b | 43.7 ± 2.3b | 31.2 ± 2.4 |
| Deoxycholic acid (%) | 8.4 ± 2.3c | 10.7 ± 3.2c | 9.1 ± 1.8c | 30.7 ± 4.3 |
| Lithocholic acid (%) | 0.10 ± 0.09c | 0.01 ± 0.01c | 0.07 ± 0.07c | 1.5 ± 0.2 |
| Ursodeoxycholic acid (%) | 3.6 ± 1.8 | 0.7 ± 0.5 | 2.7 ± 1.3 | 1.2 ± 0.3 |
P < 0.05, 2P < 0.01, 3P < 0.001 vs patients with gallstone disease.