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Table 2 Prevalence of elevated liver enzymes in normotensive and hypertensive group by gender

From: Association between serum liver enzymes and hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Bangladeshi adults

		Normotensive (n = 198)			Hypertensive (n = 104)
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
ALT ^a	Elevated (%)	17.0	3.3	13.8	16.2	32.1	20.6
ALT ^a	Normal (%)	83.0	96.7	86.2	83.8	67.9	79.4
AST ^b	Elevated (%)	17.0	20.0	17.7	23.0	39.3	27.5
AST ^b	Normal (%)	83.0	80.0	82.3	77	60.7	72.5
GGT ^c	Elevated (%)	2.0	3.3	2.3	14.9	32.1	19.6
GGT ^c	Normal (%)	98.0	96.7	97.7	85.1	67.9	80.4
ALP ^d	Elevated (%)	9.0	43.3	16.9	20.3	21.4	20.6
ALP ^d	Normal (%)	91.0	56.7	83.1	79.7	78.6	79.4

^ap < 0.01, ^bp < 0.01, ^cp < 0.001, ^d > 0.05, when compared total prevalence of elevated liver enzymes between normotensive and hypertensive groups

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