| Table 4: Alanine aminotransferase levels in infants with HCV infection | |||
| Alanine aminotransferase level | |||
| Study | No. of infants with infection | No. with normal level | No. with abnormal level (peak level, IU/L, and age, mo) |
| Westal et al15 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2.4 ukat/L,* 7-27) |
| Ohto et al17 | 7 | 1 | 6 (119, 11) (500, 1-12) (65, 4-14) (359, 5-13) (86, ?-12) (53, ?-12) |
| Nagata et al18 | 1 | 0 | 1 (323, 2-40) |
| Ercilla et al20 | 12# | 2 | 7 (NA&, 4-8) 2 (NA, 11-18) 1 (NA, NA) |
| Chang et al24 | 3 | 2 | 1 (135, 24-36) |
| Inoue et al29 | 1 | 0 | 1 (250, 4-10) |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 20 |
| *Normal, < 0.7 ukat/L. #Eight infants had chronic hepatitis C, 1 had self-limited hepatitis and 1 had acute hepatitis. &NA = not available. | |||