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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1990 Feb;22(1):37–40.

Table 3.

Serum Uric Acid, Cholesterol, Amylase, and Fasting Blood Sugar Before and After Liver Transplantation in the Patients Studied

Parameter Group Pretransplantation Posttransplantation P Value
Uric acid (mg/dl) FK 506 4.5 ± 0.4* 7.8 ± 1.0† 0.007
CyA 4.2 ± 0.5 6.2 ± 0.9 0.063
Cholesterol (mg/dl) FK 506 200.5 ± 37.3 123.7 ± 9.2‡ 0.037
CyA 148.5 ± 25.0 168.5 ± 5.6 0.382
Amylase (IU/L) FK 506 163 ± 86 53 ± 5‡ 0.222
CyA 108 ± 13 79 ± 12 0.079
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dl) FK 506 107 ± 8.0 137 ± 19 0.110
CyA 127 ± 12.0 134 ± 19 0.644
*

Not significantly different from the pretransplantation level in the CyA-treated group.

†

Not significantly different from the posttransplantation level in the CyA-treated group.

‡

Significantly different from the value for the CyA-treated group at the same time in relation to the liver transplantation.