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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2009 Sep 9;302(10):1076–1083. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1295

Table 2.

Summary of clinical lab values for CF patients with severe liver disease

Study Number of
Patients a
% of patients
Normal range > 1X to ≤ 2X > 2X
Aspartate transaminase (AST)
  (range of values)
Initial 122 23.0 43.4 33.6
Replication 132 16.7 47.7 35.6
(≤ 30 U/L) (31–60 U/L) (> 60 U/L)
Alanine transaminase (ALT)
  (range of values)
Initial 116 47.4 35.3 17.2
Replication 133 44.4 37.6 18.0
(≤ 40 U/L) (41–80 U/L) (> 80 U/L)
Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT)
  (range of values)
Initial 110 24.5 16.4 59.1
Replication 114 19.3 28.1 52.6
(≤ 30 U/L) (31–60 U/L) (> 60 U/L)
Total bilirubin (T Bili) b
  (range of values)
Initial 106 66.0 18.9 15.1
Replication 111 70.3 17.1 12.6
(≤ 1.2 mg/dl) (1.3–2.4 mg/dl) (> 2.4 mg/dl)
Normal range Low Very Low
Albumin c
  (range of values)
Initial 104 49.0 42.3 8.7
Replication 120 56.7 39.2 4.1
(≥ 3.5 g/dl) (2.5–3.4 g/dl) (< 2.5 g/dl)
Normal range Moderately High High
International normalized ratio (INR)
  (range of values)
Initial 88 28.4 51.1 20.5
Replication 90 32.2 47.8 20.0
(< 1.2) (1.2–1.5) (> 1.5)
a

Number of patients with data available.

b

Total bilirubin abnormal in 40.9% of patients (9 out of 22) in Initial Study and 38.1% of patients (8 out of 21) in Replication Study, just prior to liver transplant.

c

Albumin abnormal in 61.9% of patients (13 out of 21) in Initial Study and 50.0% of patients (10 out of 20) in Replication Study, just prior to liver transplant.