Table 2 Initial laboratory findings of liver function (mean values)-a comparison between early screened and late diagnosed patients

PTT

80.5 seconds (SD: +/−40.6; median: 66.7; range: 39–181)

49.8 seconds (SD: +/−16.1; median: 51; range: 13.3-89.4)

84.4 seconds (SD: +/−39.1; median: 77.2; range: 45–168)

AST

113.3 U/l (SD: +/−116.7; median: 84.5; range: 29–613)

98.1 U/l (SD: +/−41.7; median: 88.5; range: 30–201)

45.5 U/l (SD: +/−21.9; median: 46; range: 18–72)

ALT

64.5 U/l (SD: +/−40.6; median: 59; range: 10–155)

59.6 U/l (SD: +/−30.2; median: 57.5; range: 16–124)

20.2 U/l (SD: +/−10.1; median: 21; range: 4–35)

GGT

158.2 U/l (SD: +/− 194.2; median: 97; range: (5–104)

158.2 U/l (SD: +/−108.7; median: 124; range: 29–515)

65.3 U/l (SD: +/−28.4; median: 66; range: 22–102)