Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Semiquantitative analysis of HIDA scan

From: Role of hepatobiliary scintigraphy with different semi-quantitative parameters along with histopathological scoring in differentiating biliary atresia from neonatal hepatitis

Parameter	Pathologic diagnosis		P-value
Parameter	BA (21)	NH (40)	P-value
Blood pool clearance in min.
• Mean (SD)	62.3 ± 95.9	31.8 ± 66.8	0.034**
• Median (IQR)	15 (46)	15 (28)	0.034**
LKR:
• Mean (SD)	2.13 ± 2	4.8± 4.1	0.006**
• Median(IQR)	1.6 (2)	3.2(5.5)	0.006**
KLR:
• Mean (SD)	0.8 ±0.6	0.48±0.5	0.008**
• Median(IQR)	0.6 (0.9)	0.3 (0.4)	0.008**
ILR:
• Mean (SD)	0.4±0.25	0.3±0.25	0.011**
• Median(IQR)	0.4 (0.3)	0.2 (0.2)	0.011**
BLR:
• Mean (SD)	0.22 ± 0.15	0.14 ±0.1	0.016**
• Median(IQR)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.016**

Mann-Whitney test**

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