Table 2. Clinical Demographic Data of Normal ALT Group, Comparing with Elevated ALT Group and Normal AST Group, Comparing with Elevated AST Group.

Values are presented as number (%), number only, or mean±standard deviation.

Normal ALT: ALT 18.6±6.9 IU/L; Elevated ALT: ALT 136.9±131.2 IU/L, increase rate of ALT 3.1±2.9; Normal AST: AST 39.3±9.0 IU/L; Elevated AST: AST 128.3±143.3 IU/L, increase rate of AST 2.1±2.3. ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase.

^*By chi-square test and unpaired 2-tailed t-test.