Increased intestinal macromolecular permeability and urine nitrite excretion associated with liver cirrhosis with ascites

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2008; 14(24): 3884-3890
Published online Jun 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3884

Table 2 Intestinal permeability, serum TNF-α and urine nitrite levels in the healthy control subjects and cirrhotic patients (mean ± SE )

	Cirrhotics with ascites (n = 26)	Cirrhotics without ascites (n = 27)	Healthy controls (n = 26)
PEG400	37.4 ± 3.55	44.1 ± 5.17	46.5 ± 3.22
PEG3350	0.31 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.03
IPI	0.88 ± 0.12^a	0.53 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.05
Nitrite	1170.9 ± 28.7^a	956.7 ± 47.7	903.1 ± 55.1
TNF-α	32.1 ± 13.3	198.9 ± 55.8^a	40.9 ± 12.3

PEG: Polyethylene glycol; IPI: Intestinal permeability index.

^aP < 0.05.

Citation: Lee S, Son SC, Han MJ, Kim WJ, Kim SH, Kim HR, Jeon WK, Park KH, Shin MG. Increased intestinal macromolecular permeability and urine nitrite excretion associated with liver cirrhosis with ascites. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(24): 3884-3890
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i24/3884.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.3884