Chronic permanent hypoxemia predisposes to mild elevation of liver stiffness

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with cyanotic cardiopathy and control

	Patients w cyanotic cardiopathy	Control	P value
Case (male/female)	3/7	3/7
Age (yr)	26.4	27.1	0.540
BMI (kg/m2)	19.21 ± 4.8	18.64 ± 2.52	0.460
AST (IU)	23.12 ± 7.33	23.75 ± 4.94	0.370
ALT (IU)	23.9 ± 6.93	24.9 ± 5.43	0.080
Cholesterolg (/L)	1.22 ± 0.24	1.25 ± 0.26	0.830
Triglycerideg (/L)	0.85 ± 0.23	0.98 ± 0.18	0.910
Gylcemiag (/L)	0.97 ± 0.09	0.92 ± 0.01	0.830
GGT (IU)	39.9 ± 18.65	41.1 ± 13.39	0.330
Liver stiffness (kPa)	5.93 ± 135	4.74 ± 0.40	0.008
Saturation (%)	85.4 ± 6.1	99.5 ± 0.52	0.005

BMI: Body mass index; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyltransferase.