Table 3.

Clinical parameters of baseline complete blood count (CBC), liver and kidney function profile.

Variable	Group 1	Group 2	P value
Hb before	5.2 ± 1.5	6.6 ± 2.3	0.00
Hb after	7.2 ± 1.5*	8.6 ± 1.8*	0.00
WBC before	9071 ± 5261	7819 ± 4653	0.18
WBC after	8556 ± 6622	12039 ± 11265*	0.06
Platelet before	1.1 × 105 ± 9 × 104	1.7 × 105 ± 2.8 × 105	0.08
Platelet after	1.0 × 105 ± 8 × 104	2.1 × 105 ± 2.9 × 105*	0.01
ESR before	30.8 ± 15.8	31.5 ± 13.8	0.84
ESR after	30.8 ± 14.3	30.6 ± 18	0.96
MCV before	89 ± 19.7	86.9 ± 22	0.57
MCV after	80 ± 23*	81.9 ± 23	0.75
MCH before	29.6 ± 4.7	31 ± 3.9	0.07
MCH after	30.4 ± 4.3*	31.8 ± 4.7*	0.16
PCV before	19 ± 5.7	21.1 ± 6.6	0.14
PCV after	23.5 ± 5.6*	26 ± 8.0	0.07
Bilirubin before	1.3 ± 0.8	0.89 ± 0.6	0.003
Bilirubin Post	1.2 ± 0.9	0.79 ± 0.4*	0.004
SGOT before	64 ± 49	49 ± 28	0.08
SGOT after	50.7 ± 29	43.6 ± 30.9	0.26
SGPT before	36.8 ± 26	32.4 ± 19.6	0.37
SGPT after	35 ± 23	31.7 ± 27	0.53
ALP before	349.6 ± 181	337.9 ± 144	0.74
ALP after	298 ± 162*	291 ± 124*	0.81
Blood urea before	34.9 ± 26.9	36.8 ± 35	0.76
Blood urea after	27.6 ± 11*	26.5 ± 8*	0.60
Creatinine before	0.69 ± 0.3	0.67 ± 15	0.66
Creatinine after	0.6 ± 0.2	0.69 ± 0.9	0.57
Sodium before	133 ± 6	134 ± 6	0.73
Sodium after	136 ± 5.7*	135 ± 2.8	0.10
Potassium before	4.4 ± 0.9	4.6 ± 0.6	0.24
Potassium after	4.1 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.3*	0.10

*indicates significance within pre- to postcomparison for Group 1 and Group 2 separately.