Elevation of serum urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and liver stiffness in postoperative biliary atresia

Table 1 Demographic data, biochemical characteristics, and liver stiffness scores of biliary atresia patients and healthy controls

Variables	BA (n = 85)	Controls (n = 24)	P value
Age (yr)	9.0 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.5	0.2
Gender (female:male)	39:46	11:13	0.4
Albumin (g/dL)	4.2 ± 0.1	-	NA
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.7 ± 0.4	-	NA
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.3 ± 0.4	-	NA
AST (IU/L)	143.7 ± 11.9	-	NA
ALT (IU/L)	137.1 ± 12.5	-	NA
ALP (IU/L)	449.2 ± 34.0	-	NA
Liver stiffness (kPa)	28.7 ± 2.7	4.1 ± 0.2	< 0.001
uPAR (pg/mL)	6085.9 ± 400.7	4754.5 ± 294.9	0.01

The data was expressed as mean ± SEM. BA: Biliary atresia; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; uPAR: Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor; NA: Not applicable.