Table 4. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, kidney and liver function profiling of the study groups (n = 104).

	Reference range	Baseline	ALL 6	ALL 18
Hb (g/dL)	13.80–17.20	15.28±0.07	17.78±0.06*	18.47±0.11*#
Hct (%)	43–52	46.88±0.17	53.56±0.22*	55.34±0.29*#
BUN(ng/ml)	6–20	9.22±0.24	9.38±0.23	9.42±0.25
Creatinine (ng/ml)	0.90–1.30	0.910±0.012	0.928±0.014	0.930±0.015
ALT (ng/ml)	30–65	43.12±0.81	44.19±1.02	43.46±1.39
AST (ng/ml)	15–37	29.22±0.28	29.50±0.40	29.90±1.25

Values indicated are means ± SEM.

P<0.05: * compared with Baseline; # compared with ALL 6.

Hb: Hemoglobin; Hct: Hematocrit; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; VLDL: very low density lipoprotein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspertate aminotransferase.