Table 2.

Characteristics and serum laboratory results in normal controls and children with liver disease.

	NC	LD	P value
N	8	8
Gender (M/F)	5/3	5/3	1.000
Age, months (mean ± SD)	32 ± 21	15 ± 16	0.124
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L (mean ± SD)	21 ± 11	550 ± 623	0.041
γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase, U/L (mean ± SD)	13 ± 5	190 ± 143	0.005
Total bilirubin, mg/dL (mean ± SD)	0.44 ± 0.11	7.73 ± 4.20	<0.001
Direct bilirubin, mg/dL (mean ± SD)	0.05 ± 0.00	4.91 ± 3.03	<0.001
Total bile acids, μmol/L (mean ± SD)	7 ± 8	180 ± 70*	0.002
Total cholesterol, mg/dL (mean ± SD)	155 ± 25	167 ± 73	0.694

NC, normal controls; LD, children with liver disease; N, number of subjects; M, male; F, female; SD, standard deviation;

*N = 6.