Table 6.

Distribution of postoperative biochemical variables according to the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

	Moderate Adherence	High Adherence	p
AST (U/L)	19.2 ± 9.5	16.3 ± 8.9	0.048
ALT (U/L)	21.0 ± 10.8	17.1 ± 10.4	0.042
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	206.0 ± 22.7	204.6 ± 22.5	0.341
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	99.4 ± 16.4	91.3 ± 16.0	0.037
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	60.2 ± 13.7	62.8 ± 13.9	0.089
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	118.1 ± 21.1	116.1 ± 21.0	0.395
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	87.8 ± 18.8	81.9 ± 18.5	0.044
Glycated hemoglobin (%)	5.2 ± 0.7	5.1 ± 0.6	0.412