Preventive Effect of Bifidobacterium Supplementation on Neonatal Cholestasis in Preterm Neonates with Very Low Birth Weight

Table 2

Biochemical examinations for neonatal cholestasis in the study subjects with or without Bifidobacterium supplementation.

	Bifidobacterium group	Control group	-test
Peak total bilirubin (μmol/L)			2.268	0.026
Peak direct bilirubin (μmol/L)			2.975	<0.01
Γ-Glutamine transferase (U/L)			4.639	<0.01
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)			11.071	<0.01
Total bile acid (μmol/L)			2.18	<0.05
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)			2.547	0.013

Note: the independent sample -test was used to compare the means of two sets of data. was considered as significant difference between the two groups.