Table 2.
Gastric bile acid composition at baseline and post-intervention (n = 28).
Baseline (% of total bile acid) | Post-Intervention (% of total bile acid) | P valueb | |
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UDCA and glycine/taurine conjugates | 18.2 (26.1)a | 93.4 (31.7) | <0.0001 |
CDCA and glycine/taurine conjugates | 11.0 (10.2) | 1.01 (3.90) | <0.0001 |
DCA and glycine/taurine conjugates | 38.9 (44.0) | 4.18 (7.82) | <0.01 |
CA and glycine/taurine conjugates | 16.9 (18.9) | 1.72 (7.21) | <0.0001 |
LCA and glycine/taurine conjugates | 0.66 (1.30) | 0.17 (0.37) | <0.001 |
median (interquartile range)
derived from signed rank test
Abbreviations: UDCA: ursodeoxycholic acid; CDCA: chenodeoxycholic acid; DCA: deoxycholic acid; CA: cholic acid; LCA: lithocholic acid