Research Article

Demographic, Chemical, and Helicobacter pylori Positivity Assessment in Different Types of Gallstones and the Bile in a Random Sample of Cholecystectomied Iranian Patients with Cholelithiasis

Table 3

Pairwise comparison of the three groups of stone types and their p-values for calcium, cholesterol, and bilirubin.

Sample1-Sample2Calcium valueCholesterol valueBilirubin value

Cholesterol-mix0.0070.0010.001
Cholesterol-pigmented ≤ 0.001 ≤ 0.001 ≤ 0.001
Mixed-pigmented ≤ 0.001 ≤ 0.001 ≤ 0.001