Table 2.

Biochemical findings.

	Group	Median (25–75)	Multiple comparison results
			Sepsis	Sepsis + carnosine	Control
AST1 serum (U/l) baseline	Sepsis	35.12±6.87 (1204–8913)	ns	ns	ns
	Sepsis + carnosine	34.62±2.5 (50–5357)	ns	ns	ns
	Control	37.5±5.63 (183–336)	ns	ns	ns
	H=0.995 DF=2 (P=0.608)
AST2 (U/l)	Sepsis	383.87±17.5 (420–3543)		*	**
	Sepsis + carnosine	119.5±11.3 (309–1575)	*		*
	Control	50.37±9.55 (50–118)	**	*
	H=14.256 DF=2
ALT1 (U/l) baseline	Sepsis	20.37±6.9 (3.20–7.66)	ns	ns	ns
	Sepsis + carnosine	20.62±6.25 (1.89–3.76)	ns	ns	ns
	Control	21.5±4.1 (1.02–3.85)	ns	ns	ns
	H=1.540 D=2 (P=0.463)
ALT2 (U/l)	Sepsis	168.5±52.05 (10.8–26.7)		**	**
	Sepsis + carnosine	17.92±3.12 (6.98–8.34)	**
	Control	6.78±1.92 (5.2–11.9)	**
	H=12.128 DF=2
MDAT nmol/g.pr	Sepsis	20.23±1.94 (43.8–75.6)		*	**
	Sepsis + carnosine	12.28±0.75 (28.6–42.2)	*
	Control	11.45±1.64 (10.2–11.9)	**
	H=11.752 DF=2
MDAS pg/ml	Sepsis	7.78±1.42 (43.8–75.6)		*	**
	Sepsis + carnosine	3.8±0.74 (28.6–42.2)	*
	Control	2.41±0.66 (10.2–11.9)	**
	H=17.956 DF=2

ns – p>0.05;

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.001;

H – Kruskal-Wallis.