Elevated nitric oxide and 3’,5’ cyclic guanosine monophosphate levels in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis

Table 1 Laboratory findings in the patients with alcoholic cirrhosis

	Child-Pugh A (n = 7)	Child-Pugh B (n = 11)	Child-Pugh C (n = 8)	Reference values
LDH U/L	403.71 ± 115.32	453.80 ± 126.10	369.25 ± 151.89	240-480
AST U/L	59.57 ± 51.56	109.20 ± 97	88.88 ± 97.81	0-31
ALT U/L	40.86 ± 27.39	58.50 ± 47.58	43.63 ± 47.43	0-31
γGT U/L	271 ± 190.32	280.12 ± 237.87	196.75 ± 160.35	5-36
AP U/L	134.57 ± 77.62	99 ± 24.61	103.88 ± 44.25	35-104
Leukocytes/&mgr;L	5784.29 ± 1677.52	7429 ± 3987.49	5731.25 ± 2187.02	4000-11000
Neutrophils/&mgr;L	3289.14 ± 1987.81	4424 ± 3042.67	3555 ± 1781.55	1900-7500
Creatinine mg/dL	1.17 ± 0.47	1.41 ± 0.54	1.91 ± 0.61	0.7-1.1
Bilirubin mg/dL	1.06 ± 0.10	1.56 ± 0.88	2.45 ± 1.37	0.1-1.1
INR	1.02 ± 0.10	1.54 ± 0.71	2.59 ± 0.99	0.8-1.1
MELD	8.29 ± 2.75	16.10 ± 6.77	23.38 ± 7.09	6-8

LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; γGT: Gamma glutamyltransferase; AP: Alkaline phosphatase; INR: International normalised ratio of prothrombin time. The results are expressed as means ± SD and range.