Table 2 Proportion of patients evaluated and abnormal results for hepatic tests, LDH and CRP assay.

From: Etiological study of polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia in a French cohort of hospitalized patients and proposal of a diagnostic aid algorithm

 

Aminotransferases

γ-GT/ALP

Bilirubin

LDH

CRP

 

Patients evaluated

Hepatic cytolysis

Patients evaluated

Cholestasis

Patients evaluated

Jaundice

Patients evaluated

Serum elevation

Patients evaluated

Serum elevation

Infection

(n = 86)

75

(87.2%)

8

(10.7%)

40

(46.5%)

9

(22.5%)

71

(82.6%)

16

(22.5%)

27

(31.4%)

15

(55.6%)

77

(89.5%)

70

(90.9%)

Autoimmune and autoinflammatory disease

(n = 31)

28

(90.3%)

2

(7.1%)

19

(61.3%)

2

(10.5%)

26

(82.9%)

1

(3.8%)

4

(12.9%)

1

(25%)

26

(83.9%)

18

(69.2%)

Liver disease

(n = 28)

28

(100%)

5

(17.9%)

21

(75%)

12

(57.1%)

27

(96.4%)

15

(55.6%)

8

(28.6%)

5

(62.5%)

24

(85.7%)

17

(70.8%)

Hematological and non-hematological malignancy (n = 10)

10

(100%)

0

(0%)

6

(60%)

1

(16.7%)

9

(90%)

1

(11.1%)

7

(70%)

3

(42.9%)

10

(100%)

10

(100%)

TOTAL (n = 155)

141

(91%)

15

(10.6%)

86

(55.5%)

24

(27.9%)

133

(85.8%)

33

(24.8%)

46

(29.7%)

24

(52.2%)

137

(88.4%)

115

(83.9%)

  1. γ-GT gamma-glutamyl transferase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase.