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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory features of patients included in the study (n = 25)

From: Spectrum of genomic variations in Indian patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

Clinical feature

Value in all patients studied (n = 25)

Value in those with genomic variation (n = 9)

Value in those without genomic variation (n = 16)

p value (with genomic variation versus without genomic variation)

Age at presentation (months)

15 (1–144)

15 (3–144)

23 (1–48)

0.089

Age at onset of symptoms (months)

5 (0.25–138)

3.5 (0.25–138)

5 (0–18)

1.123

Male (number)

19 (76%)

7

12

1.000

History of consanguinity (number)

7 (28%)

5

2

0.058

History of cholestasis of pregnancy (number)

10 (40%)

3

7

0.691

Intense pruritus (number)

24 (96%)

8

16

0.360

History of skin bleeding (number)

17 (68%)

5

12

0.394

Jaundice (number)

25 (1)

9

16

1.000

Weight z scorea

−2.08 (−3.55 to +0.32)

− 2.35 (−3.55 to +0.32)

−1.98 (−3.52 to +0.21)

0.205

Height z scoreb

− 1.63 (−5.62 to +2.26)

−1.55 (−4.75 to +0.2)

−1.73 (−5.62 to +2.26)

0.478

Palpable liver below right costal margin (cm)c

4 (1–8)

3 (2–8)

4 (1–7)

0.790

Palpable spleen below left costal margin (cm)d

2 (1–5)

1 (1–5)

3 (2–4)

0.300

Total serum bilirubin (mg/dL)

7.0 (1.3–32.0)

12.7 (1.3–21.0)

6.6 (1.7–32.0)

0.296

Serum albumin (g/dL)e

3.7 (2.7–4.5)

3.8 (3.2–4.2)

3.8 (2.7–4.5)

0.777

Serum aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

175 (45–1210)

92 (45–1120)

214 (69–1210)

0.844

Serum alanine aminotransferase (U/L)

142 (29–682)

96 (29–598)

104 (30–682)

0.947

Serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L)

28 (8–69)

25 (8–57)

33.5 (11–69)

0.154

  1. Data are shown as median (range), or as number (%)
  2. aValues less than 2.0 were observed in 13 children, including 5/9 with and 8/16 without genomic variations (p = 1.00)
  3. bValues less than 2.0 were observed in 10 children, including 4/9 with and 6/16 without genomic variations (p = 1.00)
  4. cLiver was palpable in all the 25 children
  5. dSpleen was palpable in 16 of the 25 children: including 5/9 with and 11/16 without genomic variations (p = 0.67)
  6. eSerum albumin level was abnormally low (<3.5 g/dL)  in 3 of 25 children: including 1/9 with and 2/16 without genomic variations (p = 1.00)