The SGOT/SGPT ratio?An indicator of alcoholic liver disease
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 24 (11) , 835-838
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01324898
Abstract
The SGOT/SGPT ratio is significantly elevated in patients with alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis (2.85±0.2) compared with patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis (1.74±0.2), chronic hepatitis (1.3±0.17), obstructive jaundice (0.81±0.06) and viral hepatitis (0.74 ±0.07). An SGOT/SGPT ratio greater than 2 is highly suggestive of alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. It occurs in 70% of these patients compared with 26% of patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis, 8% with chronic hepatitis, 4% with viral hepatitis and none with obstructive jaundice.Keywords
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