Multidrug resistance protein 3 R652G may reduce susceptibility to idiopathic infant cholestasis

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 78 idiopathic infant cholestasis patients (mean ± SD)

	Patients	Controls
Age (mo)	1.8 ± 0.31	1.2 ± 0.25
TB (μmol/L)	194.43 ± 13.33a	12.94 ± 5.15
ALT (U/L)	123.80 ± 11.63a	29.09 ± 2.62
AST (U/L)	273.86 ± 27.90a	34.43 ± 2.43
γ-GT (U/L)	308.60 ± 46.30a	30.22 ± 9.90

^aP < 0.05 vs control. TB: Total bilirubin; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; γ-GT: γ-glutamyltransferase.