Table 8.

Comparison of incidence of complications (n, %)

Group	Complications				Total
	Hepatic encephalopathy	Nausea	Vomiting	Allergies
Observation group (n=148)	5 (3.38)	3 (2.03)	2 (1.35)	2 (1.35)	12/148 (8.11)
Control group (n=141)	8 (5.66)	4 (2.83)	3 (2.13)	3 (2.13)	18/141 (12.75)
χ2	0.886	0.200	0.784	0.256	1.684
P	0.347	0.654	0.376	0.613	0.194

Note: χ²: data from Chi-square test.