Table 5 Association of pre-operative laboratory findings and liver cirrhosis in BA patients

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

11.03 (7.72–13.97)

9.88 (8.51–12.55)

0.79

Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)

9.17 (6.85–11.89)

7.79 (7.52–8.85)

0.38

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

212 (157–249)

133 (110–231)

0.07

Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)

117 (72–164)

121 (68–176)

0.94

Gamma glutamyl transferase (U/L)

568 (323–887)

541 (230.5–1002)

0.62

Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)

456 (347.5–681)

526 (425.5–641.5)

0.68

Albumin (g/dL)

3.46 (3.23–3.71)

3.73 (3.36–4.14)

0.33

International normalized ratio

1.01 (0.94–1.32)

1.03 (0.99–1.14)

0.69

Platelet (×10³/uL)

254 (220–391)

321 (213–428)

0.73