Table 2.
Laboratory findings between patients with and without extrahepatic biliary atresia
| Variable |
Extra hepatic
biliary atresia |
Other causes of
neonatal cholestasis |
P
value |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dl) | 12.29 (4.97) | 12.54 (4.18) | 0.89 |
| Direct bilirubin (mg/dl) | 6.71 (2.70) | 7.80 (3.03) | 0.28 |
| SGOT (U/l) | 274.88 (48.95) | 337.26 (136.29) | 0.64 |
| SGPT (U/l) | 163.83 (29.26) | 187.06 (67.00) | 0.73 |
| ALP (U/l) | 1784.66 (683.73) | 1220.26 (723.00) | 0.02* |
| Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/l) | 583.88 (445.40) | 242.65 (190.72) | 0.01* |
| PT | 14.18 (4.18) | 12.95 (1.74) | 0.29 |
| PTT | 40.33 (13.41) | 35.13 (7.81) | 0.19 |
| Albumin (g/dl) | 3.64 (0.50) | 3.92 (0.47) | 0.11 |
| Apo-E ( ng/ml) | 133.19 (90.48) | 81.02 (72.48) | 0.08 |
| Procalcitonin ( ng/ml) | 1.37 (2.91) | 1.47 (1.33) | 0.90 |
*
P. value is two-sided significant.