Association between Asia–Pacific body mass index classification and serum liver enzymes: alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyl transferase in healthy individuals

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Correlation between serum liver enzyme levels and BMI in males and females

Gender	ALT (U/L)		AST (U/L)		GGT (U/L)
Gender	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value
Female
BMI	0.312**	< 0.001	0.138	0.071	0.212*	0.047
Male
BMI	0.431**	< 0.001	0.324**	0.013	0.314*	0.031

Correlation is significant at **p < 0.01. Correlation is significant at *p < 0.05. In the female study population, since p < 0.05, there is a significant positive moderate (0.312) linear correlation between ALT level and BMI for females. Since p < 0.05, there is a significant positive weak (0.212) linear correlation between GGT level and BMI for females. Since p > 0.05, there is no significant linear correlation between AST level and BMI for females. In the male study population, since p < 0.05, there is a significant positive moderate (0.431) linear correlation between ALT level and BMI for males. Since p < 0.05, there is a significant positive moderate (0.324) linear correlation between AST level and BMI for males. Since p < 0.05, there is a significant positive moderate (0.314) linear correlation between GGT level and BMI for male