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What Do These AST And ALT Levels Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 8 Sep 2015

Question: I am an active 69 year old female. I have one glass of red wine most night before dinner and I take a statin daily.I am not over weight. 5' 5 and weigh 137 My ast is 32 and my alt is 39 are those bad counts?

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Normal values.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for your query.
Your results are good.
BMI is 22.8 which means your weight is normal.
Both AST and ALT are normal which means that you do not have any liver inflammation from statin or win.

Wish you good health

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Noble Zachariah (48 hours later)

Thank you! My doctor told me that she thought the counts were high and wanted to test again!

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Welcome.

Detailed Answer:
I have copied the normal liver functions below.
Normal blood test results for typical liver function tests include:
ALT. 7 to 55 units per liter (U/L)
AST. 8 to 48 U/L.
ALP. 45 to 115 U/L.
Albumin. 3.5 to 5.0 grams per deciliter (g/dL)
Total protein. 6.3 to 7.9 g/dL.
Bilirubin. 0.1 to 1.0 mg/dL.
GGT. 9 to 48 U/L.
LD. 122 to 222 U/L.

May be your doctor was talking about the Cholesterol and other lipid levels for which you are taking statin.
Don't worry you do not have the common side effect of statin.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Noble Zachariah (5 minutes later)

Thank you again! I feel so much better!

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
welcome

Detailed Answer:
It was a pleasure interacting with you.
Do get back to me if you have more queries any time.
Wish you good health and a good day

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar