Table 1:

Characteristics of patients at admission and three months after hospital discharge

Patient characteristics	At enrollment (n = 162)	At three-month follow-up (n = 91)
Age (years)	49.43 ± 15.66	47.52 ± 15.50
Gender (Male/Female)	108/54	54/37
S. creatinine (mg/dl)	6.86 ± 3.85	4.31 ± 2.46
S. urea (mg/dl)	172.32 ± 90.20	95.10 ± 58.37
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	9.12 ± 2.63	10.26 ± 1.69
S. total protein (g/dl)	5.99 ± 1.32	6.66 ± 1.27
S. albumin (g/dl)	2.84 ± 2.44	3.05 ± 0.93
S. uric acid (mg/dl)	7.35 ± 2.50	5.77 ± 1.99
S. total bilirubin (mg/dl)	2.42 ± 5.72	1.49 ± 4.52
S. conjugated bilirubin (mg/dl)	1.16 ± 2.98	1.04 ± 2.98
S. aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	33.50 (47.25)	26.00 (17.00)
S. alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	25.50 (54.00)	21.50 (32.00)
S. alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	147.00 (94.50)	130.50 (118.5)

Data expressed as either mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range) as appropriate, except sex which has been expressed as frequency.