Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Hepatitis

	Nonviral acute toxic hepatitis (n=6)	Symptomatic acute hepatitis A (n=7)	Healthy control (n=5)
Sex, male:female	5:1	4:3	3:2
Age, yr*	36	34	32
Peak AST, U/L*	898	1,714	20
Peak ALT, U/L*	1,733	2,263	24
Peak total bilirubin, mg/dL*	2.85	4.08	0.8
IgM anti-HAV	Negative	Positive	ND

AST, serum aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, serum alanine aminotransferase; HAV, hepatitis A virus; ND, not determined.

^*Median values.