Table 4.

Blood levels of creatinine, AST, ALT and amylase in patients treated with NOP vs. Glucantime

	Glucantime*			NO donor patch*
	Basal (N = 80)	Day 20 (N = 80)	P	Basal (N = 76)	Day 20 (N = 76)	P
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.92 ± 0.15	0.91 ± 0.17	0.69	0.89 ± 0.16	0.87 ± 0.14	0.4
AST† (U/L)	28.47 ± 9.17	41.02 ± 27.87	0.0002	26.92 ± 8.24	26.93 ± 8.61	0.99
ALT‡ (U/L)	25.46 ± 12.95	39.06 ± 35.89	0.001	23.46 ± 9.76	25.05 ± 8.79	0.28
Amylase (U/L)	74.13 ± 26.85	90.87 ± 34.62	0.0008	73.48 ± 24.67	77.13 ± 21.1	0.32

^*Data shown as mean ± SD values.

^†AST = aspartate aminotransferase.

^‡ALT = alanine aminotransferase.