Table 4.

Comparison of patients with elevated and normal AST–ALT values.

		AST–ALT ≤ 40		AST–ALT > 40		p
		n (401)	%	n (153)	%
Specific treatment	Yes	136	33.9	89	58.2	0.001
	No	265	66.1	64	41.8
Chest computed tomography	Mild	222	56.6	55	36.2	0.001
	Moderate	170	43.4	97	63.8
	Diffuse
Mortality	Yes	19	4.7	21	13.7	0.001
	No	382	95.3	132	86.3
Intensive care unit	Yes	42	10.5	35	22.9	0.001
	No	359	89.5	118	77.1
Fever	Yes	267	66.6	114	75.5	0.044
	No	134	33.4	37	24.5
Dyspnea	Yes	166	41.4	76	50.3	0.059
	No	235	58.6	75	49.7
Diarrhea	Yes	51	13.1	16	11.6	0.639
	No	337	86.9	122	88.4
Anosmia	Yes	34	8.8	8	5.8	0.270
	No	394	91.2	147	94.2

p value was obtained using the Mann–Whitney U test. Statistical significance level is defined as p < 0.05.

The rates of specific treatment, the presence of moderate and severe pneumonia according to CT findings, the mortality rate, and intensive care unit hospitalization for individuals who had AST–ALT levels >40 were observed to be higher than those with normal AST–ALT levels.