Table 7.

Patients with AST/ALT ratio less than and greater than 1.

		AST/ALT				p
		<1		>1
		n (173)	%	n (381)	%
Gender	Male	126	72.8	202	53.0	0.001
	Female	47	27.2	179	47.0
Age group	<50	79	45.7	127	33.3
	50–64	54	31.2	127	33.3	0.003
	>65	40	23.1	127	33.3
Specific treatment	Yes	70	40.5	155	40.7	0.961
	No	103	59.5	226	59.3
Chest computed tomography	Mild	99	58.6	178	47.5	0.016
	Moderate	70	41.4	197	52.5
	Diffuse
Mortality	Yes	6	3.5	34	8.9	0.059
	No	167	96.5	347	91.1
Intensive care unit	Yes	16	9.2	61	16.0	0.033
	No	157	90.8	320	84.0
Dyspnea	Yes	69	40.1	173	45.5	0.235
	No	103	59.9	207	54.5
Diarrhea	Yes	23	13.9	44	12.2	0.602
	No	143	86.1	316	87.8
Anosmia	Yes	12	7.2	30	8.3	0.664
	No	154	92.8	330	91.7

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

In the AST/ALT > 1 group, the rates of intensive care unit admission and the severity of pneumonia (evaluated by Chest CT findings) were higher than the AST/ALT < 1 group.