Chronic liver disease is universal in children with biliary atresia living with native liver

Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the 52 patients with biliary atresia surviving with native livers after Kasai surgery

Characteristic		n (%)
Sex	Male	20 (38.4)
	Female	32 (61.6)
Ethnicity	Chinese	32 (61.5)
	Malays	15 (28.8)
	Indians	5 (9.6)
Age at Kasai surgery in d	mean ± SD	65.5 ± 26.3
	Median	60
	Range	30-148
Kasai surgery ≤ 60 d	Yes	30 (57.7)
	No	22 (42.3)
Age at latest follow-up in yr	mean ± SD	8.3 ± 6.1
	Median	7.4
Medical conditions present	No	46 (88.5)
	Yes	6 (11.5)
	Congenital anomalies	3 (5.7)
Presence of failure to thrive
All, n = 52	Yes	14 (26.9)
	No	38 (73.1)
< 5 yr old, n = 17	Yes	3 (17.6)
	No	14 (82.4)
≥ 5 yr old, n = 35	Yes	11 (31.4)
	No	24 (68.6)
Short stature
All, n = 51	Yes	10 (19.6)
	No	41 (80.4)
< 5 yr old, n = 16	Yes	1 (5.9)
	No	16 (94.1)
≥ 5 yr old, n = 32	Yes	9 (26.5)
	No	25 (73.5)
Laboratory indices at review	White cell count, × 109/L	6.2 (4.8)
Median (IQR)	Platelet count, × 109/L	131 (169)
	Total bilirubin, μmol/L	18 (39)
	Serum albumin, g/L	41 (8)
	International normalised ratio	1.1 (0.1)
	Alanine transferase, IU/L	54 (64)
	Aspartate transferase, IU/L	70 (80)
	Gamma glutamyl-transpeptidase, IU/L	109 (174)

Congenital anomalies present: One each for aortic anomalies, atrial septal defect and craniosynostosis. IQR: Interquartile range.