Table 4.

Mean and standard deviation of metabolites level in ACLF (baseline) compared to controls and follow−up

Groups	Metabolites (mmol/kg)
	NAA	MI	Glx
Control (a)	12.9 ± 1.30	2.60 ± 0.50	15.0 ± 2.50
Baseline (b)	10.9 ± 1.15	1.40 ± 0.69	22.5 ± 5.41
Follow−up (c)	11.2 ± 1.00	1.72 ± 0.41	18.1 ± 3.62
p-values
a vs b	a − b = 0.001	a −b = 0.001	a − b = 0.001
a vs c	a − c = 0.004	a − c = 0.001	a − c = 0.030
b vs c	b − c = 0.424	b − c = 0.184	b − c = 0.024

NAA N-acetyl aspartate, mI myo inositol, Glx glutamine/glutamate