Table 4.

Serology data

	BG11001		p	Placebo		p
	Before	After 24 wk		Before	After 24 wk
	Average ± SD			Average ± SD
Hematology
WBC	5.92 ± 1.37	5.90 ± 1.33	0.940	5.79 ± 1.39	5.87 ± 1.45	0.564
RBC	4.31 ± 0.28	4.39 ± 0.25	0.002**	4.31 ± 0.27	4.33 ± 0.26	0.271
Hemoglobin	13.26 ± 0.85	13.57 ± 0.84	0.002**	13.22 ± 0.90	13.36 ± 0.89	0.048*
Hematocrit	39.99 ± 2.31	40.82 ± 2.23	0.001**	40.02 ± 2.31	40.26 ± 2.12	0.204
Platelets	239.08 ± 46.76	247.98 ± 48.90	0.041*	247.51 ± 60.29	246.41 ± 65.58	0.793
Blood chemistry
ALP	225.18 ± 68.63	251.12 ± 72.89	0.000**	215.14 ± 53.37	240.96 ± 65.18	0.000**
AST	23.04 ± 5.31	26.31 ± 13.42	0.066	23.76 ± 8.31	24.45 ± 8.43	0.430
ALT	20.00 ± 8.14	24.80 ± 16.11	0.011*	22.24 ± 14.52	23.33 ± 14.61	0.375
γ-GTP	22.49 ± 18.34	25.12 ± 22.09	0.086	21.06 ± 22.45	18.90 ± 19.84	0.033*
Total protein	7.16 ± 0.31	7.16 ± 0.34	0.885	7.24 ± 0.31	7.15 ± 0.32	0.042*
Albumin	4.45 ± 0.17	4.49 ± 0.22	0.077	4.49 ± 0.20	4.46 ± 0.18	0.261
Creatinine	0.85 ± 0.12	0.80 ± 0.11	0.004**	0.82 ± 0.08	0.81 ± 0.13	0.425
MCV	92.84 ± 3.31	92.91 ± 3.17	0.682	92.95 ± 3.50	92.98 ± 3.54	0.858
Glucose	85.94 ± 9.05	91.55 ± 18.37	0.029*	87.69 ± 11.48	91.53 ± 19.29	0.048*
Total cholesterol	206.14 ± 37.72	203.43 ± 35.72	0.471	195.06 ± 24.11	192.49 ± 24.63	0.031*
HDL	61.57 ± 15.55	61.29 ± 15.89	0.806	61.98 ± 13.90	61.39 ± 14.84	0.686
LDL	127.20 ± 34.03	129.31 ± 34.68	0.490	116.14 ± 26.03	113.86 ± 29.75	0.402
Triglycerid	150.39 ± 93.85	134.53 ± 77.14	0.219	124.49 ± 73.69	115.27 ± 58.02	0.349

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01 by Student’s t-test for comparison between before and 24 wk treated group.

ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; GTP, guanosine-5′-triphosphate; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; RBC, red blood cells; Std., standard deviation; WBC, white blood cells.