Table 2.

Studies assessing liver blood tests in patients with anorexia nervosa.

Author, year	Body mass index (kg/m2)	Percentage of patients with increased serum transaminases levels
Cravario et al., 1974 [36]	14.4	4% (N = 27)
Kanis et al., 1974 [37]	15	0% (N = 24)
Milner et al., 1985 [38]	—	45% (N = 42)
Mira et al., 1987 [39]	15.9	9% (N = 22)
Palla and Litt, 1988 [40]	—	33% (N = 24)
Umeki, 1988 [41]	—	59% (N = 27)
Hall et al., 1989 [42]	—	32% (N = 31)
Waldholtz and Andersen, 1990 [43]	—	0% (N = 13)
Sherman et al., 1994 [44]	—	26% (N = 19)
Mickley et al., 1996 [45]	—	7% (N = 282)
Ozawa et al., 1998 [46]	13.2	29% (N = 101)
Miller et al., 2005 [47]	16.8	12% (N = 214)
Montagnese et al., 2007 [48]	15.6	14% (N = 97)
Rautou et al., 2008 [49]	11.3	66.6% (N = 12)
Fong et al., 2008 [50]	18	26% (N = 53)
Tsukamoto et al., 2008 [51]	15.2	52% (N = 25)
Gaudiani et al., 2012 [52]	13.1	76% (N = 25)
Hanachi et al., 2013 [53]	12	56% (N = 126)
Cumulated (mean)	14.6	24% (278/1158)