Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 4 Liver enzymes of HAV-negative and HAV-positive groups

From: Frequency of Hepatitis A virus as a cause of anicteric hepatitis in children under 5 years: a common yet under-recognized cause

		HAV negative	HAV positive	Total	p-value
n		176	24	200
AST (IU/L)	Median (IQR)	145 (113.5–204)	953 (623.5–1036.5)	161 (116.5–225.5)	0.000
AST (IU/L)	Range	74–337	401–1345	74–1345	0.000
ALT (IU/L)	Median (IQR)	121.5 (87–169)	823 (660.5–974)	137.5 (89–200.5)	0.000
ALT (IU/L)	Range	67–607	400–1089	67–1089	0.000

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