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Relation between Donor Transaminase and Recipient Hepatitis Non‐A, Non‐B in Sweden
Author(s) -
Widely A.,
Sundström G.,
Hansson B.G.,
Fex G.,
Moestrup T.,
Nordenfelt E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1988.tb03891.x
Subject(s) - medicine , alanine transaminase , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , hepatitis b , confounding , transaminase , alanine aminotransferase , chemistry , enzyme , biochemistry , physics , optics
. The relation between donor alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and recipient post‐transfusion hepatitis (PTH) non‐A, non‐B was studied in patients tested before and 6 and 12 weeks after transfusion. The minimum ALT criterion for PTH was 105 IU/1 (> 2.5 times the upper normal of 42 IU/1). In 8.8% of donors, ALT was > 42 IU/1, and in 2.3% ALT was > 63 IU/1, i.e., 1.5 times elevated. PTH non‐A, non‐B occurred in 14 of 742 recipients. The PTH incidence increased when donor ALT was above 63 IU/1 (1.5 vs. 5.6%; p < 0.05). However, if the confounding factor of volume variations was compensated for, elevated donor ALT and PTH were only statistically linked among recipients < 70 years (p < 0.02; Mantel‐Haenszel test).