title: Ascitic fluid cholesterol in malignant and tubercular ascites.
abstract: Cholesterol was estimated in ascitic fluid of 44 patients (29 malignant and 15 tubercular). Mean ascitic cholesterol level was significantly higher in malignant ascites (89.52 mg/dl) as compared to tubercular ascites (35.07 mg/dl). At a cut off value of 54.5 mg/dl (mean in tubercular ascites + 2SD), the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value and overall diagnostic accuracy for differentiating malignant from tubercular ascites was found to be 89.65%, 100%, 100%, 83.33% and 93.18% respectively. Ascitic fluid cholesterol estimation is a reliable and simple test for differentiating malignant ascites from tubercular ascites.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Chhina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Bhatia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol