Research Article

Comparing Jaffe and Enzymatic Methods for Creatinine Measurement at Various Icterus Levels and Their Impacts on Liver Transplant Allocation

Table 2

Comparison of 4 groups regarding Jaffe and enzymatic creatinine results.

GroupsNumber of samplesDegree of icterusTotal bilirubin (mg/dL) (mean ± SD)Creatinine Jaffe (mg/dL) (mean ± SD)Creatinine enzymatic (mg/dL) (mean ± SD) value

1100Nonicteric0.64 ± 0.241.71 ± 1.411.79 ± 1.380.237
2100Mild icteric2.2 ± 0.771.39 ± 1.061.81 ± 1.14<0.0001
3100Moderate icteric8.3 ± 5.341.2 ± 0.951.91 ± 1.20<0.0001
4100Severe icteric30.8 ± 17.311.33 ± 1.043.28 ± 1.89<0.0001