title: Monocyte arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase activity and mortality.
abstract: Monocyte arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) activity is decreased in patients with liver disease and correlates with severity of disease. Patients with chronic liver disease (n = 34) were studied to determine if decreased monocyte AHH activity is associated with mortality. Monocyte AHH activity in the nonsurvivor group was 0.07 +/- 0.025 nmol/mgP/h (n = 11) and was significantly lower than the survivor group 0.198 +/- 0.031 (n = 23). Both groups were significantly lower than controls 0.41 +/- 0.053 (n = 19). Of the liver function tests, only serum albumin was different between the survivor group and the nonsurvivor group. Patients in the nonsurvivor group had significantly higher Child-Turcotte scores than the survivor group. These results suggest that the monocyte AHH activity may be a good index of survival in patients with liver disease, but the high degree of overlap between survivors and nonsurvivors suggests otherwise.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases