Table 6.

Blood plasma components of the CT-scanned samples after a period of 8 weeks

	Control	4 weeks after the last scan (8 weeks)	p
(a) Male (n = 5)
Total protein (g/dL)	5.38 ± 0.25	5.22 ± 0.31	0.32
Albumin (g/dL)	3.00 ± 0.21	2.80 ± 0.28	0.07
A/G	1.27 ± 0.13	1.16 ± 0.16	0.15
BUN (mg/dL)	29.70 ± 2.25	24.64 ± 4.13	0.13
CRE (mg/dL)	0.07 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01	0.42
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	112.60 ± 17.94	136.20 ± 28.37	0.29
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.04 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.01	0.30
Na (mEq/L)	154.60 ± 0.89	156.00 ± 0.71	0.26
K (mEq/L)	7.80 ± 1.54	7.62 ± 0.80	0.08
Cl (mEq/L)	107.60 ± 3.21	109.20 ± 2.05	0.14
ALP (U/L)	198.80 ± 48.84	180.80 ± 51.66	0.07
ALT (U/L)	49.20 ± 11.52	39.80 ± 8.61	0.23
AST (U/L)	69.80 ± 21.23	50.40 ± 6.80	0.08
LDH (U/L)	1019.60 ± 211.82	668.80 ± 36.87	0.32
γ-GT (U/L)	2.40 ± 0.55	2.40 ± 0.55	0.42
CPK (U/L)	124.60 ± 16.55	115.60 ± 31.73	0.47
TG (mg/dL)	86.00 ± 25.33	111.00 ± 26.02	0.22
(b) Female (n = 5)
Total protein (g/dL)	5.14 ± 0.09	4.98 ± 0.24	0.14
Albumin (g/dL)	3.16 ± 0.13	3.18 ± 0.10	0.07
A/G	1.60 ± 0.14	1.77 ± 0.08	0.23
BUN (mg/dL)	20.86 ± 2.70	19.93 ± 2.23	0.08
CRE (mg/dL)	0.09 ± 0.004	0.09 ± 0.01	0.32
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	104.60 ± 12.42	75.00 ± 8.04	0.42
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.04 ± 0.001	0.06 ± 0.02	0.47
Na (mEq/L)	152.20 ± 0.84	150.75 ± 1.50	0.22
K (mEq/L)	6.98 ± 0.78	7.23 ± 0.59	0.32
Cl (mEq/L)	110.40 ± 1.52	111.00 ± 2.16	0.07
ALP (U/L)	264.80 ± 34.78	281.25 ± 99.95	0.15
ALT (U/L)	28.60 ± 6.58	33.00 ± 8.83	0.13
AST (U/L)	47.40 ± 5.73	49.50 ± 5.74	0.42
LDH (U/L)	383.80 ± 96.59	309.50 ± 54.93	0.29
γ-GT (U/L)	2.60 ± 0.55	2.00 ± 0.01	0.30
CPK (U/L)	64.40 ± 21.62	41.75 ± 6.75	0.25
TG (mg/dL)	77.80 ± 17.63	77.50 ± 19.02	0.08

There were no significant differences between the mean values