Ethnicity and elevated liver transaminases among newly diagnosed children with type 2 diabetes

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Percentage of patients with elevated liver transaminases by ethnicity

	Hispanic (%)	African-American (%)	Non-Hispanic White (%)	P-value
ALT - Normal	29	80	12
Above the ULN	71	20	88	0.008
Twice the ULN	39	0	22	0.05
Three times the ULN	29	0	11	0.09
AST - Normal	47	100	89
Above the ULN	53	0	11	0.003
Twice the ULN	21	0	0	0.17
Three times the ULN	8	0	0	0.45

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ULN: Upper Limit of Normal.

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