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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2019 Jul 29;94(10):1072–1080. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25575

TABLE 5.

Biochemical variables at the time of onset of liver dysfunction between liver biopsy and non-liver biopsy group

Liver biopsy Non-liver biopsy


n Median (min, max) n Median (min, max) P valuea
AST 85 173 (181425) 98 107.5 (173345) <0.001
ALT 85 223 (381998) 98 136.5 (183500) <0.001
ALP 85 273 (691229) 97 168 (221871) <0.001
Total bilirubin 85 1.3 (0.2,26.8) 98 0.85 (0.1,45) 0.026
a

Wilcoxon’s rank sum test.