|
Treatment group (n = 42)
|
Control group (n = 41)
|
|
Baseline |
Week 12 |
Baseline |
Week 12 |
|
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) |
22 ± 9 |
20 ± 8 |
21 ± 9 |
21 ± 11 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) |
24 ± 5 |
23 ± 6 |
22 ± 6 |
22 ± 6 |
| Urea nitrogen (mmol/L) |
6 ± 1 |
5 ± 12 |
6 ± 1 |
6 ± 1 |
| gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase (U/L) |
27 ± 18 |
23 ± 192 |
23 ± 13 |
21 ± 11 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) |
155 ± 25 |
152 ± 23 |
158 ± 28 |
152 ± 19 |
|
| 1 x ± SD. |
| 2Significantly different from baseline, P < 0.05. |