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Table 2 Laboratory values observed. Question: Which laboratory findings potentially linked to liver disease do you usually examine in routine lab work for general screening check-ups? (N = 2.701, GPs)

From: Evaluation of elevated liver values in primary care - a series of studies on the status quo of care in Germany with special reference to alcoholic liver disease

  

Rotated component matrix

Overall agreement

Comp. 1 (Expl. variation: 26,1%)

Comp. 2 (Expl. variation: 18,2%)

Comp. 3 (Expl. variation: 10,6%)

Alanine aminotransferase (ALAT, ALT, GPT)

63%

−.055

.774

−.119

γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT)

95%

−.040

−.018

.884

Aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT, AST, GOT)

65%

.141

.576

.386

AP (alkaline phosphatase)

62%

.542

.252

.305

Ferritin

26%

.734

.035

−.102

Bilirubin

46%

.686

.219

.213

PT according to Quick (INR)

27%

.663

.207

−.165

Cholinesterase

19%

.675

.139

−.023

Albumin

23%

.740

−.027

.092

Platelet count

57%

.256

.715

−.112

MCV

55%

.192

.614

.165

  1. Extraction method: Principal component analysis
  2. Rotation method: Varimax, Kaiser normalisation
  3. Rotation in 4 iterations for convergence
  4. Total explained variation: 54.9%
  5. Sampling adequacy, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin: .787
  6. Significance, Bartlett: p < 0.001