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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2021; 27(40): 6951-6966
Published online Oct 28, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6951
Published online Oct 28, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6951
Table 1 Patients characteristics according to the degree of aspartate transaminase elevation, n (%)
| Variable | AST level | P value | |||||
| Normal291 (67.99) | 1-2 UNL97 (22.66) | 2-3 UNL19 (4.44) | > 3UNL21 (4.91) | Total | |||
| Age | < 18 | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (100.0) | < 0.001 |
| 18:60 | 237 (72.7) | 65 (19.9) | 9 (2.8) | 15 (4.6) | 326 (100.0) | ||
| > 60 | 47 (50.0) | 32 (34.0) | 9 (9.6) | 6 (6.4) | 94 (100.0) | ||
| Gender | Male | 142 (61.2) | 66 (28.4) | 10 (4.3) | 14 (6.0) | 232 (100) | 0.009 |
| Female | 149 (76.0) | 32 (16.3) | 8 (4.1) | 7 (3.6) | 196 (100) | ||
| Cigarette smoking | 10 (47.6) | 10 (47.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 21 (100) | 0.04 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 68 (61.8) | 32 (29.1) | 6 (5.5) | 4 (3.6) | 110 (100) | 0.23 | |
| Hypertension | 60 (55.6) | 34 (31.5) | 10 (9.3) | 4 (3.7) | 108 (100) | 0.001 | |
| Chronic hepatitis C | 3 (21.4) | 7 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (28.6) | 14 (100) | < 0.001 | |
| CT chest | Normal | 105 (78.9) | 21 (15.8) | 5 (3.8) | 2 (1.5) | 133 (100) | 0.008 |
| Abnormal | 181 (63.1) | 76 (26.5) | 13 (4.5) | 17 (5.9) | 287 (100) | ||
| Lung consolidation | 37 (56.1) | 20 (30.3) | 6 (9.1) | 3 (4.5) | 66 (100) | 0.05 | |
- Citation: Shousha HI, Afify S, Maher R, Asem N, Fouad E, Mostafa EF, Medhat MA, Abdalazeem A, Elmorsy H, Aziz MM, Mohammed RS, Ibrahem M, Elgarem H, Omran D, Hassany M, Elsayed B, Abdelaziz AY, El Kassas M. Hepatic and gastrointestinal disturbances in Egyptian patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019: A multicentre cohort study. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27(40): 6951-6966
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v27/i40/6951.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6951