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1. INTRODUCTION 7
2. METHODS 8
2.1. Patient selection and data collection 8
2.2. Patients grouping according to clinical course 8
2.3. Statistical analysis 9
3. Results 10
3.1. Study population and clinical characteristics 10
3.2. Dynamic change in initial cholesterol level was similar to that in prothrombin time in acute hepatitis A. 10
3.3. Initial cholesterol levels were correlated with a subsequent nadir prothrombin time and following peak bilirubin level. 11
3.4. Initial cholesterol level may predict the peak bilirubin level better than prothrombin time and alanine aminotransferase. 11
4. Discussion 13
REFERENCES 15
요약 21
Table 1. Clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of the 394 patients with hepatitis A 17
Table 2. Multivariate modeling of prediction for the peak bilirubin 18
Figure 1. Dynamic changes in initial cholesterol levels and prothrombin times. 19
Figure 2. Correlation between initial cholesterol level and subsequent minimum prothrombin time, correlation between initial cholesterol level and following peak bilirubin level 20