Table 2.

Time-dependent changes of serum TBIL, ALT, albumin and PTA

Serum marker	Time	NA group	Non-NA group	t value	P value
TBIL (μmol/L)	Week 1	310.98 ± 134.94	360.39 ± 122.11	1.95	0.054
	Week 2	272.74 ± 166.83	427.22 ± 189.74	4.52	<0.001
	Week 3	239.22 ± 172.03	379.72 ± 200.63	3.59	0.001
	Week 4	240.55 ± 210.19	299.47 ± 195.52	1.10	0.28
ALT (U/L)	Week 1	224.43 ± 234.97	267.75 ± 242.43	-0.93	0.36
	Week 2	120.20 ± 116.55	122.05 ± 89.96	-0.09	0.93
	Week 3	87.31 ± 74.70	73.96 ± 38.98	1.02	0.31
	Week 4	63.62 ± 49.75	57.48 ± 28.60	0.56	0.58
Albumin (g/L)	Week 1	35.31 ± 5.09	32.05 ± 3.74	3.67	<0.001
	Week 2	36.78 ± 5.02	33.37 ± 3.78	3.92	<0.001
	Week 3	37.51 ± 5.41	32.39 ± 2.90	5.77	<0.001
	Week 4	37.38 ± 5.21	32.42 ± 4.41	3.88	<0.001
PTA (%)	Week 1	52.77 ± 27.31	45.59 ± 24.93	1.34	0.18
	Week 2	57.85 ± 29.73	44.31 ± 23.20	2.52	0.013
	Week 3	65.58 ± 30.56	49.70 ± 27.53	2.38	0.020
	Week 4	58.23 ± 31.56	48.50 ± 24.78	1.14	0.260