Diagnosis of liver diseases by laboratory results and discriminant analysis. Identification of best combinations of laboratory tests.
Patients with different liver diseases were studied by discriminant analysis. Groups of patients classified mainly on the basis of liver biopsy findings showed functional differences which permitted a consistent reclassification by discriminant functions using laboratory results. Optimal combinations of laboratory tests for the separation of liver diseases were defined. Different combinations were found, dependent on the subsets of liver diseases studied.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
D001798:Blood Proteins; D008055:Lipids; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase