Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with normal and elevated ALT.

<p>BMI, body mass index; AKP, alkaline phosphatase; GGT, γ-glutamyltransferase; ALB, albumin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CR, creatinine; GLB, globulin; WBC, white blood cell count; PLT, Platelet.;HbeAg, hepatitis B e antigen;Hb,hemoglobin.</p><p>¹ Continuous variables are presented as mean and standard deviation as examined by Student’s t test ²;categorical variables are expressed as counts and percentages as examined by Chi-square test.</p>*<p>P <0.05 indicates a significant difference between normal and elevated ALT patients group.