Table 1.

The results of blood test for liver function

Group	24 h	1 week	2 weeks	4 weeks	40 weeks
ALB
Control	4.6 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.3	4.3 ± 0.1	4.2 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.1
15 Gy	3.4 ± 0.2*	3.3 ± 0.6*	3.3 ± 0.3*	3.8 ± 0.3	4.4 ± 0.2
30 Gy	3.2 ± 0.1*	2.5 ± 0.2*	2.4 ± 0.3*	2.8 ± 0.4*	3.7 ± 0.4*
AST
Control	167.8 ± 70.7	136.1 ± 50.5	131.0 ± 34.5	161.5 ± 99.9	174.5 ± 89.9
15 Gy	131.0 ± 26.8	123.5 ± 79.2	139.3 ± 60.9	121.2 ± 55.0	344.8 ± 244.0
30 Gy	104.7 ± 24.1	164.3 ± 185.5	113.0 ± 55.1	269.0 ± 188.1	345.7 ± 127.3**
ALT
Control	40.7 ± 8.3	37.7 ± 5.9	40.3 ± 3.9	54.0 ± 30.1	52.3 ± 30.1
15 Gy	32.3 ± 6.2	28.3 ± 6.9*	38.5 ± 3.4	52.2 ± 5.8	66.0 ± 7.7
30 Gy	32.0 ± 6.0	24.8 ± 2.9*	29.1 ± 9.2*	66.5 ± 47.4	205.0 ± 82.1

ALB = albumin, AST = aspartate aminotransferase, ALT = alanine aminotransferase. * indicates significantly lower than the control group (P < 0.05). ** indicates significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05).