• Sanjay J Chandnani, Shubham Jain, Pankaj Nawghare, Partha Debnath, Siddhesh Rane, Rahul Deshmukh, Saurabh Bansal, Sameet Patel, Ravi Thanage, Parmeshwar Junare, Qais Contractor, RathiPravin MPMDepartment of Gastroenterology, Topiwala National Medical College & Bai Yamunabai Laxmanrao Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., and Anupam Kumar Singh.
• Department of Gastroenterology, Topiwala National Medical College & Bai Yamunabai Laxmanrao Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
• Indian J Med Res. 2022 Sep 1; 156 (3): 484499484-499.

Background & ObjectivesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects respiratory, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and other systems disease. Studies describing liver involvement and liver function test (LFT) abnormalities are sparse from our population. This study was undertaken to estimate the LFT abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary care set up in India.MethodsIn this retrospective study conducted at a tertiary care centre in Mumbai, India, all consecutive patients with proven COVID-19 by reverse transcriptase-PCR from March 23 to October 31, 2020 were enrolled. Of the 3280 case records profiled, 1474 cases were included in the study. Clinical characteristics, biochemical parameters and outcomes were recorded.ResultsOverall 681 (46%) patient had deranged LFTs. Hepatocellular type of injury was most common (93%). Patients with deranged LFTs had more probability of developing severe disease (P<0.001) and mortality (P<0.001). Advanced age (P<0.001), male gender (P<0.001), diabetes mellitus (P<0.001), lower oxygen saturation levels at admission (P<0.001), higher neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (P<0.001), history of diabetes mellitus and cirrhosiss were associated with deranged LFTs. Acute liver injury was seen in 65 (4.3%) cases on admission and 57 (3.5%) cases during hospital stay. On multivariate analysis for predicting mortality, age >60 yr serum creatinine >2 mg%, PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤200 and raised AST >50 IU/l (OR: 2.34, CI: 1.59-3.48, P<0.001) were found to be significant.Interpretation & ConclusionsIn COVID-19, LFT abnormalities were common, and derangement increased as severity progressed. The presence of deranged LFT worsens the clinical outcome and predicts in-hospital mortality.

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