Diagnostic performance of individual characteristics and anthropometric measurements in detecting elevated serum alanine aminotransferase among children and adolescents

Diagnostic performance of individual characteristics and anthropometric measurements in detecting elevated serum alanine aminotransferase among children and adolescents

Abstract Background Screening for elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) can help identifying individuals at the risks of chronic and metabolic diseases, but blood collection is invasive and cannot be widely used for investigations. Considered as simple and inexpensive screening indices, ind...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu-Lan Ou, Yue-Rong Lai, Chao-Nan Jiang, Jing Zhang, Zan Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Adolescent
Alanine aminotransferase
Anthropometric measurement
Body mass index
BMI-z
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-020-02033-9

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-020-02033-9

Similar Items