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. 2009 Apr 14;15(14):1786–1787. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1786

Table 1.

Patients, symptoms and laboratory values reported with hydroxycut associated hepatoxicity

Citation Dara et al[1] Jones et al[4] Shim et al[3] Stevens et al[2]
Patient age (yr) 40 33 19 28 27 30
Patient gender F F M M M M
Reported symptoms/duration Fatigue, nausea, vomiting, cramping, fever, chills, anorexia/3 d Fatigue, nausea, cramping, abdominal pain/2 wk Nausea, vomiting, jaundice/6 d Fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, jaundice/ 3 wk Fatigue, jaundice/8 d Fatigue, vomiting, jaundice, fever/10 d
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 1020 934 1981 1049 1808 59
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 1150 570 1143 2272 3131 45
Serum alkaline phosphatase (U/L) 299 112 153 153 171 530
Serum bilirubin (mg/L) 6.7 209 117 181 78 78
Serum direct bilirubin (mg/L) Not reported 142 68 90 Not reported Not reported
Prothrombin time (s) Not reported Not reported 17.1 12.8 16 15