Research Article

Serum Enzyme Profiles Differentiate Five Types of Muscular Dystrophy

Table 5

Discriminant functions to identify patients with BMD and LGMD.

Discriminant functions


BMD, Becker’s muscular dystrophy; LGMD, limb girdle muscular dystrophy; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; LDH, lactic dehydrogenase.
is age, is ALT, is AST, is ALP, is LDH, and is gender, represents a diagnosis of BMD, and represents a diagnosis of LGMD.