The Enlargement of Abdominal Lymph Nodes Is a Characteristic of Autoimmune Liver Disease

Table 2

Univariate analysis of demographic, biochemical, immunological, and pathological characteristics in 106 cases of AILD subjects.

	LA ()	NLA ()
Demography
Age (years)			0.609
Female	64 (91.4%)	33 (91.7%)	0.999
Biochemistry
ALT (U/L)	72 (36, 154)	57 (31, 146.25)	0.620
AST (U/L)	81 (41, 136)	50.5 (28.75, 110)	0.073
ALP (U/L)	181 (126, 367)	132 (92.8, 166)	0.001
GGT (U/L)	199 (124, 416)	104.5 (55.3, 180)	0.000
TBIL (mol/L)	20.5 (13.1, 47.6)	19.8 (11.6, 31.9)	0.334
Immunology IgG (mg/dL)	1610 (1360, 1840)	1620 (1337, 1875)	0.942
IgM (mg/dL)	294 (137, 474)	247.5 (98.8, 361)	0.035
IgA (mg/dL)	327 (233, 454)	298 (228.8, 405)	0.733
Histopathology
Portal area inflammation	58 (82.9%)	26 (72.2%)	0.201
Interface hepatitis	34 (48.6%)	8 (22.2%)	0.009
Cholestasis	21 (30%)	2 (5.6%)	0.004
Focal necrosis	22 (31.4%)	2 (5.6%)	0.003

The data are presented as medians and quartiles. The analysis of the biochemical parameters in the LA and NLA groups in AILD was performed by the Mann-Whitney test. The analysis of the pathological parameters in the LA and NLA groups in AILD was conducted by the test, with being considered statistically significant. AILD: autoimmune liver disease; LA: lymphadenectasis; NLA: nonlymphadenectasis; ALT: alanine amino transferase; AST: aspartate amino transferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; GGT: glutamate transpeptidase; TBIL: total bilirubin.