Hepatic involvement in children with acute bronchiolitis

Table 4 Comparison of patients with acute bronchiolitis who were tested for liver enzymes at the time of presentation and at the time of follow up

Variable	Normal range	n	At the time of the presentation	At the time of follow-up	P valuea
Total serum protein (g/L)	64-82	65	59.0 ± 11.0	62.0 ± 11.0	0.011
Serum albumin (g/L)	38-54	65	42.0 ± 9.0	42.5 ± 7.0	0.467
Serum globulin (g/L)	15-30	65	18.0 ± 5.0	20.0 ± 6.0	0.008
Total bilirubin (µmol/L)	5-21	64	37.0 ± 49.0	28.0 ± 91.0	0.376
Direct bilirubin (µmol/L)	0-5	16	18.0 ± 28.0	51.0 ± 157.0	0.322
Indirect bilirubin (µmol/L)	< 18	15	56.0 ± 46.0	35.0 ± 50.0	0.103
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	150-420	64	240.0 ± 143.0	242.0 ± 121.0	0.897
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	< 41	61	31.0 ± 43.0	42.0 ± 88.0	0.371
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (U/L)	< 18	50	61.0 ± 75.0	41.0 ± 91.0	0.234

^aP value was calculated by the paired t-test.