Review Article

Liver Autophagy in Anorexia Nervosa and Acute Liver Injury

Table 2

Studies assessing liver blood tests in patients with anorexia nervosa.

Author, yearBody mass index (kg/m2)Percentage of patients with increased serum transaminases levels

Cravario et al., 1974 [36]14.44% ( = 27)
Kanis et al., 1974 [37]150% ( = 24)
Milner et al., 1985 [38]45% ( = 42)
Mira et al., 1987 [39]15.99% ( = 22)
Palla and Litt, 1988 [40]33% ( = 24)
Umeki, 1988 [41]59% ( = 27)
Hall et al., 1989 [42]32% ( = 31)
Waldholtz and Andersen, 1990 [43]0% ( = 13)
Sherman et al., 1994 [44]26% ( = 19)
Mickley et al., 1996 [45]7% ( = 282)
Ozawa et al., 1998 [46]13.229% ( = 101)
Miller et al., 2005 [47]16.812% ( = 214)
Montagnese et al., 2007 [48]15.6 14% ( = 97)
Rautou et al., 2008 [49]11.366.6% ( = 12)
Fong et al., 2008 [50]1826% ( = 53)
Tsukamoto et al., 2008 [51]15.252% ( = 25)
Gaudiani et al., 2012 [52]13.176% ( = 25)
Hanachi et al., 2013 [53]1256% ( = 126)

Cumulated (mean)14.624% (278/1158)