Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2012.238.243LaouinaA. AbouyoubA. SoulaymaniA. AlamiR. 52012155A little is known about the prevalence of elevated alanine
transaminase in a Moroccan healthy population. Our aim was to search for the
upper limit of normal alanine transaminase in the blood donors and then to apply
the upper limit of normal alanine found in the population so as to assess the
prevalence of subjects with abnormal transaminase level. We then, investigated
for factors associated with increased level of transaminase in our population.
This study was carried out on 14071 blood donors, (74.1% of men and 25.9% female)
aged between 18 to 60 years, randomly chosen. Serum transaminase activity was
measured using on IEMS Reader, Labsystems. Hepatitis B and C were performed
by ELISA. The upper limit of normal transaminase found were 64 for men and 52
for women. Consequently, 2.08% blood donors had an abnormal level of transaminase.
Follow up results revealed that drug was the first cause of elevated transaminase
in our cohort followed by diet and alcohol consumption. One seroconversion for
hepatitis C was identified. In conclusion, this study showed that even though
there is an evident lack of efficiency in using alanine aminotransferase testing
qualifying blood donors in our country, preventing viral potential transmission
through transfusions was possible.]]>Allard, P.R. and R. Parent,2008Blajchman, M.A., S.B. Bull and S.V. Feinman,19953452125Brinkmann, T., J. Dreier, J. Diekmann, C. Gotting, R. Klauke, G. Schumann and K. Kleesiek,200385159164Ciangura, C.,201053338Ruhl, C.E. and J.E. Everhart,20031247179Dieusaert, P.,19992nd Edn.,pp: 1071-1074pp: 1071-1074Ghaffour, M.,20092009Ito, H., K. Yoshioka, K. Ukai, K. Watanabe and M. Yano et al.,2004301117Jain, S. and N. Kaplowitz,20102010pp: 369-381pp: 369-381Jamali, R., A. Pourshams, S. Amini, M.R. Deyhim, H. Rezvan and R. Malekzadeh,200811602607Jamali, R., M. Khonsari, S. Merat, M. Khoshnia and E. Jafari et al.,20081428672871Kaplan, M.M.,20021374951Kechagias, S., A. Ernersson, O. Dahlqvist, P. Lundberg, T. Lindstrom and F.H. Nystrom,200857649654Khammassi, N., J. Chrifi, M. Dorsaf, A. Haykel, M.N. Tougourti, Z. Hassen and M. Hamza,200987356358Kobayashi, Y., Y. Kawaguchi, T. Mizuta, T. Kuwashiro and S. Oeda et al.,201146529535Konca, Y., F. Kirkpinar, S. Mert and S. Yurtseven,20094139147Kumar, S.R., N.K. Sana, A. Rauf and M. Uddin,20047109113Liu, C., T.H. Tung, J.H. Liu, V.T. Chen, C.H. Lin, C.T. Hsu and P. Chou,20051116161622Mastouri, M., I.L. Safer, B. Pozzetto, T. Bourlet and M. Khedher,20051110531060Megarbane, B., N. Deye and F. Baud,200716632642Mele, A., T. Stroffolini, R. Catapano, F. Palumbo, A. Moiraghi and F. Novaco,1995311846847Meybodi, M.A., M. Afkhami-Ardekani and M. Rashidi,20081122742277Mohamadnejad, M., A. Pourshams, R. Malekzadeh, A. Mohamadkhani and A. Rajabiani et al.,2003923222324Morisco, F., T. Stroffolini, A. Mele, G. Taliani and A. Smedile et al.,201042441445Mosallanejad, B., R. Avizeh and H.N. Varzi,20115213218Nasiri, E. and S.J. Hosseinimehr,20069299301Desforges, J.F., F. Athari, E.S. Cooper, C.S. Johnson and S.M. Lemon et al.,199527413741379Oguntibeju, O.O. and O. Banjoko,20033106109Pan, C.Q. and J.X. Zhang,200523640Pervez, K.,20003969970Pourshams, A., R. Malekzadeh, A. Monavvari, M.R. Akbari and A. Mohamadkhani et al.,200520229233Prakash, M., J.K. Shetty, S. Tripathy, M. Verma, S. Vasudev and P.V. Bhandary,200834851Prati, D., E. Taioli, A. Zanella, E.D. Torre, S. Butelli and E. Del-Vecchio et al.,.200213719Prati, D., M.L. Shiffman, M. Diago, E. Gane and K.R. Reddy et al.,200644679685Assal, H.S., M. Fath-Allah and A. Elsherbiny,20077865869Schreiber, G.B., M.P. Busch, S.H. Kleinman and J.J. Korelitz,199633416851690Tabassum, F., R. Khurshid and M.W. Akhtar,2000315091510Ebuehi, O.A.T. and C.L. Asonye,20072330336Tarrass, F., J.L. Koenig, F. Leroy, L. Mackaya and H. Colomb,20062176182Umar, R.A., S.W. Hassan, M.J. Ladan, I.K. Matazu and B. Shehu et al.,200831925Valla, D.C.,200310257263Vassault, A. and H. Fontaine,2006365763Vincent-Viry, M.,19901990pp: 77-92, 123-138pp: 77-92, 123-138Zaier, M., M.S. Gallah, B. Houissa, S. Abdeikefi and L. Ghachem et al.,200280455457Zhang, H., S.M. He, J. Sun, C. Wang and Y.F. Jiang et al.,20118254262