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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2008 Dec;42(8):675–682. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.006

Table 4. Liver Enzyme Activity in Patients With Well-Defined Alcoholic Hepatitis Before (Day 1) and After (Day 7) Standard or Probiotic Therapy, (M ± SEM).

Standard Therapy, n=13 Probiotic Therapy, n=13
Day 1 Day 7 P value Day 1 Day 7 P value
ALT, U/L 77.54 ± 9.60 80.00 ± 10.9 0.820 58.08 ± 8.7 37.46 ± 3.61 0.013
AST, U/L 183.60 ±37.21 88.54±15.16 0.036 137.5±27.33 56.38 ± 9.47 0.0016
GGT, U/L 202.5±36.85 153.2±26.08 0.075 156.9±32.98 135.3±32.61 0.020
LDH, U/L 658.5±111.3 564.2±88.19 0.520 500.4±56.67 362.6±34.32 0.001
Total Bilirubin, μmol/L 24.54 ± 2.0 10.89 ± 2.0 <0.001 20.10 ± 1.2 12.74 ± 0.7 <0.001