Disproportional exaggerated aspartate transaminase is a useful prognostic parameter in late leptospirosis

Table 1 Biochemistry parameters of the patients with leptospirosis, presented with data upon entry (initial admission)/peak levels

			Biochemical parameters (entry/peak)
Case . No.	Age (yr)	Sex	AST (U/L)	ALT (U/L)	AAR	Alk-P (U/L)	r-GT (U/L)	Bili (D) (mg%)	CPK (U/L)	DA	Remark
1	60	f	190/901	78/144	6.26	232/232	100/100	2.7/4.6	628	12	A	B1
2	70	m	103/132	9/22	6	198/212	125/174	10.6/13.8	99	47	A
3	42	f	86/1216	50/308	3.94	40/446	6/285	14.6/16.4	N.A.	65	A	B3
4	58	f	63/63	1/8	7.88	74/241	30/98	0.2/3	985	78	A
5	75	m	226/580	139/139	4.17	195/195	80/80	6/15.7	99	19	A	B5
Mean	61		133.6/578	55.4/214.6	5.65	147.8/265.2	68.2/286.8	6.82/10.7	452.8	44.2
(SD)	12.7		70.5/493.8	21/166	2.27	85.0/102.6	49.3/84.9	5.83/6.39	433.7	28.5
6	78	m	74/127	23/45	2.82	104/114	32/24	2.5/2.7	178	35
7	41	m	165/208	149/149	1.39	68/78	32/64	6/14.3	2889	33
8	30	m	203/253	185/102	2.48	40/45	6/7	0.1/0.1	704	10
9	65	m	29/34	25/25	1.36	198/198	50/70	0.3/0.3	N.A.	16
10	65	m	21/29	16/17	1.7	104/104	20/20	1.4/1.4	61	38
11	43	f	130/156	102/112	1.39	141/141	80/80	3.3/3.3	69	21
Mean	53.661		103.6/134.5	83.3/175	1.85	109.2/136	36.7/144.2	2.26/13.68	780.2	25.5
(SD)	0.35		74.3/90.8	72.9/53.6	0.64	55.6/52.8	25.8/30.7	2.2/5.35	1028.2	11.43

N.A.: not assessed; D.A.: d of admission; AAR: AST/ALT ratio of peak levels; m: male; f: female. A: Complicated with multiple organ failure and fatal; B: exaggerated AST peak levels; B¹: hemophagocytosis. B²: shock, hemorrhage. B³: DIC.