Thread: About ratio

Hi folks,

Please help me to understand what are;

1)
AST:ALT ratio equal to one (ALT is higher or equal to AST) ?

My understanding is if both are of equal number

Ex.
AST=20 and ALT=20 then the ratio equal to 1. But how can ALT higher than AST?


2)
AST:ALT ratio higher than one (AST is higher than ALT) ?


Thanks in advance


B.R.
satimis

Hi satimis!

Originally Posted by satimis

1)
AST:ALT ratio equal to one (ALT is higher or equal to AST) ?

My understanding is if both are of equal number

that's right

2)
AST:ALT ratio higher than one (AST is higher than ALT) ?

If AST:ALT ratio higher than one, then AST > ALT

Originally Posted by songoku

Hi satimis!



that's right





If AST:ALT ratio higher than one, then AST > ALT

Hi songoku,


Thanks for your advice. Please let me inform you the story behind.

I read a medical article. It says:

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* An AST:ALT ratio equal to one (the level of ALT is higher or equal to AST), but the levels are very high, suggests acute viral hepatitis or drug-related hepatitis.
* An AST:ALT ratio higher than 2:1 (two times the level of AST to ALT) is very suggestive of alcoholic liver disease.
* An AST:ALT ratio higher than one (where the level of AST is higher than the ALT) could also indicate cirrhosis in a person that doesn't have alcoholic hepatitis.

I am confused on

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* An AST:ALT ratio equal to one (the level of ALT is higher or equal to AST)...

How can AST:ALT ratio equal to one if the level of ALT is higher than AST (AST>ALT) ?

TIA


B.R.
satimis

Yes, that's confusing

Mathematically, that's wrong, but i don't know if that has another meaning in medical section

Originally Posted by songoku

Yes, that's confusing

Mathematically, that's wrong, but i don't know if that has another meaning in medical section

Noted. Thanks

B.R.
satimis