Table 1

Entry data of patients (n=70) responding fully or incompletely to ursodeoxycholic acid

Demography Full responders Incomplete responders
Number23 (32.9%)47 (67.1%)
Sex (female:male)21 (91.3%):2 (8.7%)42 (89.4%):5 (10.6%)
Age at first diagnosis (y)44.6 (11.9), 21–6645.3 (9.4), 27–68
Age at start of treatment (y)50.7 (9.1), 32–7049.9 (9.5), 28–69
Total disease duration (y)10.7 (8.0), 2–1910.5 (5.3), 0.5–14
Time between diagnosis and start of treatment (y)6.0 (7.0), 0–234.6 (4.2), 0–15
Time until normalisation (months)31.3 (20.4), 1–132
Total treatment time (months)56.6 (45.3), 6–15771.1 (41.1), 10–162
  • Results expressed as mean (SD), range.