TABLE 1

Concentration and Contraction Functions of Gallbladder (GB) in Control Subjects and in Patients with CAC

No.	Fl no.	Age (y)	Sex	Wt. (kg)	Hepatic bile flow			GB appear. (min)	IHB area (mm²)	MHB area (mm²)	Trans area (mm²)	Trans time (min)	Trans rate (mm²/min)	mm²/min/1,000 mm²			GBEF (%)
No.	Fl no.	Age (y)	Sex	Wt. (kg)				GB appear. (min)	IHB area (mm²)	MHB area (mm²)	Trans area (mm²)	Trans time (min)	Trans rate (mm²/min)			% GB	GBEF (%)	% Inst.	Obs 1	Obs 2
Control
1	202	42	F	104	92	8	15	164	2,606	2,442	23	106	43	39	40
2	209	29	F	115	96	4	10	55	2,551	2,496	23	108	43	42	37
3	216	57	F	71	94	6	15	54	1,357	1,303	28	47	34	26	51
4	224	44	F	83	55	45	12	99	1,445	1,346	20	67	47	39	41
5	226	93	F	60	77	23	16	139	1,654	1,515	20	76	46	47	65
6	230	53	F	80	60	40	14	131	1,894	1,763	32	55	29	34	75
7	241	50	F	91	44	56	13	164	1,390	1,226	20	61	44	34	43
8	262	37	F	100	57	43	12	197	1,905	1,708	33	52	27	26	79
9	273	65	M	77	48	52	15	77	1,062	985	31	32	30	33	89
10	311	47	F	72	83	17	27	164	1,128	964	21	46	41	44	38
Mean*					71	29	15	124	1,699	1,575	25	65	38	36	56
SD					20	20	5	50	542	540	5	25	8	7	20
CAC
1	45	58	M	86	42	58	11	115	1,656	1,541	18	86	52	51	2
2	51	65	F	62	87	13	17	115	1,451	1,336	15	89	61	50	14
3	57	46	F	67	49	51	26	207	2,168	1,961	30	65	30	39	29
4	58	29	M	109	25	75	11	55	1,883	1,828	24	76	40	50	24
5	65	44	F	136	68	32	26	99	1,533	1,434	20	71	47	57	10
6	68	46	F	68	90	10	15	88	1,818	1,730	23	75	41	36	16
7	83	22	F	95	66	34	14	54	1,428	1,374	30	46	32	39	17
8	116	50	F	67	20	80	16	77	602	525	31	17	28	25	20
9	132	38	F	80	48	52	14	100	1,664	1,554	24	65	42	32	21
10	138	38	F	63	98	2	12	120	1,905	1,785	30	60	31	34	14
Mean*					59	41	16	103	1,611	1,507	25	65	40	41	17
SD					27	27	6	43	422	402	6	21	11	10	8
P					0.3	0.3	0.58	0.32	0.68	0.75	0.81	1	0.64	0.23	0.00001

↵* n = 10.
Fl no. = file number; Wt. = weight; IHB = initial hepatic bile; MHB = maximum hepatic bile; Trans = transit; GBEF = GB ejection fraction; Inst. = intestine; Obs = observer.