An analysis of liver function test of preemployment screening for office workers.
- Author:
Yeon Gyo SHIN
1
;
Yong Jin LEE
;
Jae Eog AHN
;
Kuck Hyeun WOO
;
Joo Ja KIM
;
Byung Kook LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
liver function test;
preemployment screening;
abnormal rate;
asymptomatic
- MeSH:
Alanine Transaminase;
Aspartate Aminotransferases;
Female;
Humans;
Liver Function Tests*;
Liver*;
Male;
Mass Screening*
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
1995;28(3):706-714
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This is to analyze and compare the distribution of the liver function test and its abnormal rates of the preemployment screening for office workers in asymptomatic young age groups between female and male. Liver function test(SGPT and SGOT) of 8,184 young adults(2,633 in female and 5,551 in male) were examined during the period from Jan.1,1994 to Dec. 31, 1994. The results were as follows; 1. Mean level of SGPT was 9.l+/-7.6(IU/L) in female, 21.0+/-27.9(IU/L) in male, and that of SGOT was 15.1+/-6.0(IU/L) in female, 20.5+/-26.5(IU/L) in male. There were significant differences(p<0.01) between female and male in both SPT and SGOT. And also there was significant increasing trend(p<0.05) by age groups in male for SGPT, decreasing trend(p<0.01) in female for SGOT. 2. In the abnormal rates of liver function test by the level of cut-off value, there were significant differences up to twice between the lowest and the highest cut-off value in both female(0.4% vs 0.7%) and male(6.5% vs 12.4%) 3. Abnormal rate of SGPT was 0.4% in female and 6.3% in male, and that of SGOT was 0.2% in female and 1.2% in male with significant differences between female and male in both tests.
