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. 2021 Apr 27;13(4):433–455. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v13.i4.433

Table 4.

Representative bile acids concentrations and indices in controls vs patients

BA (µmol/L) or BA indices
Controls
Patients
Patients vs controls
mean
SE
mean
SE
Ratio
P value
Total BA 9.30 0.33 54.6 5.20 5.87 0.000
Total LCA 1.01 0.05 2.92 0.24 2.88 0.000
Total UDCA 1.56 0.07 18.6 3.23 11.9 0.001
Total CDCA 2.52 0.13 21.0 2.09 8.35 0.000
Total DCA 3.16 0.16 4.92 0.58 1.56 0.072
Total HDCA 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 1.57 0.051
Total MDCA 0.06 0.01 0.05 0.01 0.90 0.992
Total CA 0.44 0.03 3.13 0.44 7.09 0.003
Total MCA 0.36 0.02 2.79 0.34 7.83 0.000
Total HCA 0.03 0.00 0.27 0.04 10.6 0.001
Other BA1 0.16 0.01 0.86 0.13 5.54 NA
% LCA 11.5 0.38 9.20 0.39 0.79 0.002
% UDCA 17.7 0.49 21.3 0.88 1.21 0.138
% CDCA 27.1 0.65 36.3 0.94 1.34 0.000
% DCA 31.1 0.68 14.6 0.53 0.47 0.000
% HDCA 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.54 0.052
% MDCA 0.64 0.04 0.36 0.05 0.56 0.135
% CA 5.25 0.27 6.27 0.25 1.19 0.064
% MCA 4.03 0.16 6.39 0.34 1.58 0.003
% HCA 0.30 0.02 0.45 0.04 1.52 0.018
Total Unamidated 1.00 0.05 3.33 0.33 3.34 0.000
Total G-amidated 7.59 0.29 44.6 4.46 5.88 0.000
Total T-amidated 0.71 0.03 6.61 0.85 9.37 0.001
% Amidation 87.7 0.47 86.9 0.65 0.99 0.053
% G-amidation 79.7 0.49 76.0 0.71 0.95 0.000
% T-amidation 7.98 0.26 10.8 0.46 1.35 0.005
Total Unsulfated 0.94 0.05 5.91 0.57 6.26 0.000
Total Sulfated 8.35 0.31 48.7 4.77 5.83 0.000
% Sulfation 88.5 0.46 82.9 0.60 0.94 0.000
Total Mono-OH 1.01 0.05 2.92 0.24 2.88 0.000
Total Di-OH 7.30 0.29 44.6 4.58 6.11 0.000
Total Tri-OH 0.82 0.04 6.19 0.65 7.52 0.000
% Mono-OH 11.5 0.38 9.16 0.39 0.79 0.002
% Di-OH 76.6 0.50 72.7 0.65 0.95 0.001
% Tri-OH 9.58 0.33 13.1 0.43 1.37 0.000
Total 12α-OH 3.62 0.17 8.35 0.83 2.30 0.001
Total non-12α-OH 5.67 0.20 46.2 4.68 8.15 0.000
12α-OH/non12α-OH 0.65 0.02 0.33 0.01 0.51 0.000
CA/CDCA 0.24 0.01 0.24 0.02 1.00 0.625
% 12α-OH 36.7 0.62 22.1 0.54 0.60 0.000
% non-12α-OH 63.3 0.62 77.9 0.54 1.23 0.000
Total Primary 3.34 0.15 27.2 2.59 8.15 0.000
Total Secondary 5.95 0.23 27.4 3.52 4.59 0.000
Primary/ Secondary 0.69 0.03 2.52 0.22 3.63 0.000
% Primary 36.7 0.70 49.4 1.06 1.35 0.000
% Secondary 63.3 0.70 50.6 1.06 0.80 0.000
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Other bile acids: Nor-deoxycholic acid, 12-oxo-chenodeoxycholic acid, 3-dehydrocholic acid, 6-oxo-lithocholic acid, 7-oxo-lithocholic acid, 12-oxo-lithocholic acid, isolithocholic acid, and isodeoxycholic acid.

NA: Not available; BA: Bile acids; G: Glycine; T: Taurine; CDCA: Chenodeoxycholic acid; CA: Cholic acid; LCA: Lithocholic acid; UDCA: Ursodeoxycholic acid; DCA: Deoxycholic acid; HDCA: Hyodeoxycholic acid; MDCA: Murideoxycholic acid; MCA: Muricholic acid; HCA: Hyocholic acid.