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. 2015 Sep 9;24(5):704–709. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.181

Table 2. Excretion of coproporphyrin isomers I and III in urine and serum bilirubin in patients with DJS (+/+) and GS (7/7) and in healthy carriers (+/-) or (6/7).

  F1.IV/13 F1.IV/17 F2.II/5 F3.II/1 F1.II/5 F1.IV/16 F2.II/1 F3.I/1 F4.I/1 F4.I/2 F4.II/1
Total porphyrins (nmol/l) 212 348 258 78 587 230 205 91 93 58 133
Uroporphyrin (nmol/l) 88 80 78 13 118 74 84 10 6 6 19
Coproporphyrin (nmol/l) 124 268 180 63 469 156 121 78 75 52 110
Isomer I (%) 99 97 92 100 98 96 93 43 53 57 89
Isomer III (%) 1 3 8 2 4 7 57 47 43 11
Conjugated bilirubin (μmol/l) 17.7 31.0 16.9 21.4 55.2 9.5 11.4 28.0
Total bilirubin (μmol/l) 46.7 35.0 60.4 49.5 72.2 18.8 32.4 42.0
DJS +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ +/− +/− +/− +/+
GS 7/7 7/7 7/7 7/7 6/7 6/7 6/7 6/7 6/7 6/7 6/6

Reference ranges: total porphyrins <300 nmol/l; uroporphyrin <40 nmol/l; coproporphyrin <150 nmol/l;

Conjugated bilirubin <7 μmol/l, total bilirubin <20 μmol/l.