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ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE (ALT) Cut off points for ALT in the NATSIHMS
Further test information about the analysis method and machine used to measure ALT levels is available in Excel spreadsheet format in the Downloads page of this product. Data items The data items and related output categories for this topic are available in Excel spreadsheet format from the Downloads page of this product. Interpretation Points to be considered when interpreting data for this topic include the following:
Comparability with other surveys The NATSIHMS is the first ABS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survey to collect biomedical information. Given it was also the first national level survey (ABS or otherwise) to collect such data for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, no comparisons with previous surveys for this population are possible. However, biomedical data was also collected for all Australians in the 2011-12 National Health Measures Survey (NHMS) and information about comparisons between the NHMS results and those of non-ABS surveys is available from the Comparisons with other Australian surveys section of the Biomedical Results for Chronic Diseases, 2011-12 publication. ENDNOTES 1 Everhart J and E Wright 2012. Association of γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity with treatment and clinical outcomes in chronic hepatitis C (HCV). Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Association for the study of Liver Diseases, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624035/>, Last accessed 08/09/2014 . 2 Torkadi P, Apte IC and AK Bhute 2013, Biochemical Evaluation of Patients of Alcoholic Liver Disease and Non-alcoholic Liver Disease. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24478554>, Last accessed 08/09/2014.
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