Research Article
Assessment of Liver Stiffness in Pediatric Fontan Patients Using Transient Elastography
Table 4
Laboratory results.
| Investigation | Fontan patients | Controls | |
| ALT (U/L) | 31.5 (12.0–54.0) | 17.0 (12.0–32.0) | 0.02 | AST (U/L) | 38.5 (17.0–68.0) | 27.5 (17.0–36.0) | 0.01 | ALP (U/L) | 231.5 (38.0–520.0) | 264.0 (112.0–458.0) | 0.33 | GGT (U/L) | 49 (10–148) | 10 (8–48) | <0.001 | Albumin (g/L) | 38 (22–50) | 47 (44–51) | 0.041 | Platelets (×109/L) | 203 (83–376) | 272 (183–405) | 0.02 |
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ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase.
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