Comparative evaluation of intragastric bile acids and hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the diagnosis of duodenogastric reflux

Table 2 Results of gastric juice analyses between duodenogastric reflux group and control group

	Type	mean ± SD	Range	95%CI	Z	Sig.
TBA	Con	44.51 ± 56.53	0.80-235.80	31.05-58.01	-8.916	0.000
	Reflux	263.64 ± 171.61	0.70-660.50	229.41-297.87
DBIL	Con	1.87 ± 1.85	0.00-8.90	1.43-2.31	-3.914	0.000
	Reflux	5.43 ± 6.12	0.00-23.70	4.20-6.65
TBIL	Con	1.63 ± 1.34	0.10-7.40	1.31-1.94	-6.197	0.000
	Reflux	5.49 ± 5.51	0.30-21.90	4.39-6.59

Sig.: Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) or exact Sig.; TBA: Total bile acid; TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin.