Primary biliary cirrhosis: Clinical and laboratory criteria for its diagnosis

Table 4 Lipoproteins of blood in primary biliary cirrhosis patients and control group

Lipoproteins		Parameter values in the groups
		Control (n = 21)	PBC (n = 18)
β-lipoproteins	mean ± SD	50.1 ± 6.0	56.4 ± 16.6
	Range	39.2-59.1	34.8-86.4
α-lipoproteins	mean ± SD	28.4 ± 6.5	23.9 ± 12.2
	Range	15.5-42.7	6.4-46.8
Pre-β-lipoproteins	mean ± SD	20.5 ± 7.5	18.2 ± 8.5
	Range	10.5-34.7	6.3-43.5