Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and healthy volunteers

	Patients	Healthy volunteers
Number	100	100
Male	64	57
Female	34	43
Age	46.3 ± 13.6(19–76)	40.7 ± 12.6(18–75)*
BMI (kg/m2)	25.3 ± 3.95(17.5–34.6)	24.6 ± 3.9(18–37)
ALT (IU/mL)	57 ± 23	17.6 ± 8.1*
AST (IU/mL)	60 ± 26	21.3 ± 8.2*

^*Values are presented as average ± SD (range). *P < 0.01.