Use of 4-Fr versus 6-Fr Nasobiliary Catheter for Biliary Drainage: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study

Table 3

In patients with obstructive jaundice.

	4Fr group	6Fr group	value
	()	()
Baseline serum total bilirubin (mg/dL), mean (SD)	8.3 (4.9)	9.1 (5.6)	0.41
Amount of bile output (mL/hour), mean (SD)	17.9 (9.8)	20.5 (18.1)	0.52
T-bil decreasing rate (%), mean (SD)	37.2 (25.6)	36.3 (31.3)	0.52

SD, standard deviation.
value not significant for all comparisons.