Zhao-Yuan Wu, Si-Wei Chi, Liu-Jian Ouyang, Xiao-Qin Xu, Jing-Nan Chen, Bing-Han Jin, Rahim Ullah, Xue-Lian Zhou, Ke Huang, Guan-Ping Dong, Zhe-Ming Li, Ying Shen, Jie Shao, Yan Ni, Jun-Fen Fu, Qiang Shu, Wei Wu
BACKGROUND: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is widely used to screen patients with hepatic diseases. However, the current reference ranges (< 50 U/L) were developed by laboratories and have not been validated in populations with a large number of healthy individuals. METHODS: This study collected venous blood and anthropometric data from a total of 13,287 healthy children aged 3 months to 18 years who underwent routine physical examinations in the Department of Pediatric Healthcare...
February 22, 2024: World Journal of Pediatrics: WJP