Laparoscopic finding of a hepatic subcapsular spider-like telangiectasis sign in biliary atresia

Table 3 Clinical characteristics of biliary atresia and non-biliary atresia patients in the validation group

Characteristic	BA (n = 45)	Non-BA (n = 45)	P value
Age (d)	60 ± 29	61 ± 23	0.90
Male-to-female ratio	21:24	25:20	0.40
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	192.3 ± 63.5	173.6 ± 77.0	0.21
Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)	131.6 ± 140.8	104.5 ± 52.3	0.23
ALT (U/L)	172.8 ± 120.9	124.3 ± 264.1	0.27
AST (U/L)	255.2 ± 162.1	188.7 ± 193.9	0.08
GGT (U/L)	661.8 ± 466.3	320.7 ± 384.1	<0.001

The results are expressed as the mean ± SD. BA: Biliary atresia; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase.