Table 7.

Correlation between liver function test (aspartate transferase, AST) and parasitic infection in GI as regards results of stool examination

Stool examination	AST			Statistical analysis
	Normal	Abnormal	Total	χ2	p value
Unstained techniques
No	13	13	26	0.349	0.554**
%	50.00	50.00	52.00
Stained techniques
No	4	2	6	0.450	0.502**
%	66.67	33.33	12.00

** Not significant