Table 2. Comparison of Liver Function Tests Before and After the Study in the Both Groups^a.

	AED	P Valueb	NFD	P Valueb
ALT, U/L		< 0.001		< 0.001
Before	50.1 ± 16.0		55.6 ± 15.7
After	34.5 ± 6.7		47.9 ± 6.7
AST, U/L		< 0.001		< 0.001
Before	46.1 ± 14.3		45.0 ± 14.0
After	32.5 ± 16.9		39.2 ± 18.3
GGT, U/L		< 0.001		0.009
Before	36.7 ± 22.5		38.1 ± 20.9
After	25.3 ± 20.6		31.9 ± 19.6
ALP, U/L		< 0.001		< 0.001
Before	67.9 ± 17.3		69.3 ± 16.7
After	51.6 ± 14.1		55.3 ± 15.3
Total bilirubin, mg/dL		0.074		0.09
Before	1.09 ± 0.38		1.07 ± 0.42
After	1.05 ± 0.62		1.05 ± 0.45
Albumin, g/dL		0.007		0.009
Before	3.70 ± 0.33		3.66 ± 0.32
After	3.49 ± 0.41		3.47 ± 0.38
Total protein, g/dL		< 0.001		< 0.001
Before	7.48 ± 0.30		7.37 ± 0.29
After	7.09 ± 0.39		7.03 ± 0.31

Abbreviations: AED, almond-enriched diet; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GGT, γ-glutamyltransferase; NFD, nut-free diet.

^aAll data are presented as mean ± SD and n = 50.

^bP values were resulted from paired t-test.