Table 3 Coefficient of variation (CV) for individual bile acids.

From: Elevated Coefficient of Variation in Total Fecal Bile Acids Precedes Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

 

UDCA

GUDCA

TUDCA

CA

GCA

TCA

CDCA

GCDCA

TCDCA

DCA

GDCA

TDCA

LCA

GLCA

TLCA

Control

1.25 (0.64)

0.89 (0.48)

0.35 (0.70)

0.74 (0.39)

0.75 (0.40)

0.99 (0.57)

0.65 (0.46)

0.89 (0.544)

0.526 (0.57)

0.90 (0.50)

0.58 (0.25)

0.92 (0.59)

0.25 (0.74)

0.94 (0.90)

0.64 (0.65)

NEC

1.30 (0.58)

0.90 (0.47)

1.090 (0.801)

1.22 (0.52)

1.25 (0.68)

1.29 (0.44)

1.30 (0.28)

1.32 (0.61)

0.93 (0.81)

0.72 (0.49)

1.21 (0.66)

1.33 (0.74)

0.18 (0.53)

1.41 (0.80)

1.25 (0.80)

P value

0.92

0.99

0.17

0.18

0.16

0.23

0.09

0.29

0.39

0.47

0.16

0.29

0.92

0.38

0.18

  1. Data shown as mean CV (SD). The CV of each bile acid over the five samples was calculated for each subject and a paired t-test was conducted on the nine pairs of CVs. P values adjusted for 21 multicomparisons.
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