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Kim: Standard Value of Serum Alanine Aminotransferase: Is It Fixed or Varied?

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2014;64(4):179-181.

Published online: 4 October 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2014.64.4.179

Standard Value of Serum Alanine Aminotransferase: Is It Fixed or Varied?

Sang Gyune Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon, Bucheon, Korea

Correspondence to: Sang Gyune Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon, 170 Jomaru-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon 420-767, Korea. Tel: +82-32-621-5079, Fax: +82-32-621-6927, E-mail: mcnulty@schmc.ac.kr

Copyright © 2014 Korean Ophthalmological Society

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Detailed Distribution of Liver Enzymes according to Gender, Age, and Body Mass Index in Health Checkup Subjects

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Table 1.

Ninety-five Percentile of Upper Level of ALT and AST Value according to BMI

	BMI (kg/m²)
	≤23.5			≤25			≤30
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
ALT (IU/L)	42	50	34	46	55	36	56	66	39
AST (IU/L)	35	38	32	36	39	33	40	43	34

Data from the article of Choi, et al. (Korean J Gastroenterol 2014;64:213-223).¹²

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