Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study group.

From: Biliary microbiome profiling via 16 S rRNA amplicon sequencing in patients with cholangiocarcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma and choledocholithiasis

Variables

CDL, mean ± SD (n = 40)

CCA, mean ± SD (n = 17)

PDAC, mean ± SD (n = 15)

Age; years

77.1 ± 9.4

77.5 ± 9.5

77.7 ± 9.3

Sex, male; n (%)

25 (62.5)

11 (64.7)

5 (33.3)

Total bilirubin; mg/dl

5.4 ± 5.0

5.6 ± 5.1

5.5 ± 5.1

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), IU/L

227.1 ± 285.3

221.2 ± 276.5

220.2 ± 277.0

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), IU/L

236.8 ± 233.5

229.5 ± 226.5

226.8 ± 228

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), U/L

505.8 ± 564.6

533.1 ± 568.6

533.8 ± 571.1

γ-Glutamyl trans peptidase (γ-GTP), IU/L

568.5 ± 558.5

601.0 ± 586.3

593.6 ± 570.7

C-reactive protein (CRP), mg/dl

8.35 ± 7.5

7.92 ± 7.5

7.9 ± 7.0

White blood cells (WBCs) ×102/ul

117.5 ± 74.7

110.3 ± 73.9

107.5 ± 63.9

  1. Notes: No statistical difference by the Kruskal‒Wallis test.