Table 3. Comparison of Changes in Liver Function Tests Between the Both Groups (U/L)^a.

	AED	NFD	P Valueb
ALT, (U/L)	-16.6 ± 16.3	-11.7 ± 16.8	< 0.001
AST, (U/L)	-13.6 ± 15.7	-7.7 ± 16.1	< 0.001
GGT, (U/L)	-11.4 ± 21.6	-6.2 ± 19.8	< 0.001
ALP, (U/L)	-16.3 ± 15.9	-14.0 ± 16.6	0.074
Total bilirubin	-0.05 ± 0.55	-0.02 ± 0.51	0.063
Albumin	-0.21 ± 0.38	-0.19 ± 0.39	0.125
Total protein	-0.39 ± 0.34	-0.34 ± 0.30	0.092

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 independent sample t-test.