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. 2006 Jan 7;12(1):70–74. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i1.70

Table 5.

Data on healthy subjects treated with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)

Patients Sex Age (yr) BMI Cholesterol saturation (%) Cholesterol (molar %) Bile acids (molar %) UDCA i (%) Bile acids (mmol/mL) Bilirubin (mmol/L) Bilirubin/bile acids (mmol/mol)
1 F 39 22.2 103 31 6.6 1.7 74.5 82.8 0.0 49.9 57.1 100.9 490 1058 8.6 10.5
2 F 40 24.4 74 38 4.8 2.4 75.8 79.2 0.0 65.3 92.8 95.6 1466 571 15.8 6.0
3 F 30 26.8 116 46 9.1 3.4 65.8 72.7 0.0 - 75.4 65.8 1031 798 13.7 12.1
4 F 58 26.3 32 42 2.4 2.8 71.7 76.1 0.0 55.8 117.8 73.6 1265 667 10.7 9.1
5 M 33 29.4 125 51 7.4 3.8 76.2 71.4 5.2 55.1 52.1 117.4 1045 1111 20.0 9.5
6 M 30 24.0 104 60 6.1 3.7 77.6 78.2 0.0 66.5 97.9 32.1 1301 418 13.3 13.0
7 M 34 24.9 128 38 8.9 2.5 70.5 76.7 0.0 54.3 52.3 26.3 993 375 19.0 14.3
8 M 73 26.2 118 55 8.9 4.3 67.5 68.6 0.0 35.7 31.0 61.9 1168 1497 37.7 24.2
9 M 49 23.2 77 79 5.6 4.9 71.3 77.7 0.0 41.3 33.5 12.8 662 365 19.8 28.5
10 M 55 24.3 135 77 9.8 4.9 68.6 76.7 0.0 69.7 16.4 8.5 568 197 34.5 23.3
Mean 44 25.2 101 52b 7.0 3.4b 72.0 76.0a 0.5 54.8b 62.6 59.5 999 706 19.3 15.1
SE 4.5 0.7 10 5 0.7 0.3 1.26 1.3 0.5 3.8 10.3 12.1 104 130 3.1 2.4

A = before UDCA feeding; B = after UDCA feeding;

a

P < 0.05,

b

P < 0.01 vs before UDCA feeding.