Characteristics of the controls studied
| Patients with liver disease | Patients with exposure to drugs5-150 | Healthy controls | |
| No. of cases | 15 | 35 | 106 |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 48.4 (6.8) | 43.5 (3.8) | 38.9 (2.3) |
| Sex (M/F) | 9/6 | 10/25 | 41/65 |
| Disease | NA | NA | |
| Hepatitis C | 4 | ||
| Alcoholic liver disease | 4 | ||
| Cholangitis† | 2 | ||
| PBC | 2 | ||
| Acute hepatitis B | 2 | ||
| Wilson’s disease | 1 |
↵5-150 Patients recently exposed to drugs but without adverse effects; †Cholangitis associated with gallstones; PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis.