Table 3 Clinical diagnosis when liver biopsy performed in patients aged less than 3 years and 3 years or older.

From: Serum Golgi protein 73 is a marker comparable to APRI for diagnosing significant fibrosis in children with liver disease

Clinical diagnosis

Age < 3 y

Age ≥ 3 y

P-Value

Intrahepatic cholestasis

75 (64.7%)

16 (23.9%)

<0.001

Hepatic dysfunction

25 (21.6%)

34 (50.8%)

<0.001

Glycogen storage disease

12 (10.3%)

7 (10.4%)

0.982

Wilson’s disease

0 (0%)

3 (4.5%)

0.046

Hepatitis B

4 (3.4%)

7 (10.4%)

0.102

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