Table 2.

The liver enzymes and platelet count during the study

Variables		Study group	Control group	p-value
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
AST (unit/lit)	At baseline	99.8 ± 40.70	97.5 ± 37.5	0.82
	After 12 hours	88.3 ± 33.7	93.8 ± 32.6	0.64
	After 36 hours	60.2 ± 23	75.8 ± 25.2	0.01
	After 60 hours	43.7 ± 11.7	60.4 ± 16	0.0001
AIT (unit/lit)	At baseline	101.7 ± 44.2	105.1 ± 43.2	0.91
	After 12 hours	88.2 ± 34	92.1 ± 33.1	0.73
	After 36 hours	58.2 ± 24.9	74.8 ± 24.4	0.01
	After 60 hours	40.2 ± 9.2	59.2 ± 16.4	0.0001
LDH (unit/lit)	At baseline	532.5 ± 8.3	519.6 ± 7.9	0.7
	After 12 hours	524.2 ± 21	519.3 ± 19.4	0.53
	After 36 hours	503.6 ± 16.4	499.3 ± 12.3	0.48
	After 60 hours	489.2 ± 18.1	483.1 ± 11.2	0.66
AIP (unit/lit)	At baseline	578.3 ± 14.6	581.8 ± 19.1	0.53
	After 12 hours	561.1 ± 31.2	553.6 ± 21.4	0.68
	After 36 hours	558.5 ± 18.4	550.3 ± 26.7	0.61
	After 60 hours	461.3 ± 31.2	457.1 ± 29.3	0.59
Total bilirubin (mg/dl)	At baseline	1.14 ± 0.67	1.25 ± 0.59	0.68
	After 12 hours	1.3 ± 0.31	1.2 ± 0.3	0.54
	After 36 hours	1.2 ± 0.25	1.27 ± 0.18	0.62
	After 60 hours	1.31 ± 0.21	1.24 ± 0.31	0.43
Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)	At baseline	0.71 ± 0.15	0.69 ± 0.19	0.81
	After 12 hours	0.67 ± 0.23	0.71 ± 0.24	0.76
	After 36 hours	0.72 ± 0.18	0.67 ± 0.21	0.38
	After 60 hours	0.74 ± 0.23	0.68 ± 0.17	0.31
Uric acid (mg/dl)	At baseline	6.4 ± 0.8	6.1 ± 0.5	0.71
	After 12 hours	5.9 ± 0.91	5.7 ± 0.81	0.65
	After 36 hours	5.7 ± 0.79	5.5 ± 0.53	0.6
	After 60 hours	4.9 ± 0.42	5.1 ± 0.53	0.78
BNU (mg/dl)	At baseline	17.7 ± 1.8	18.2 ± 1.3	0.72
	After 12 hours	16.1 ± 5.4	17.1 ± 6.2	0.47
	After 36 hours	15.9 ± 6.1	16.4 ± 5.6	0.49
	After 60 hours	14.9 ± 5.7	15.1 ± 6.5	0.532
Creatinine (mg/dl)	At baseline	0.72 ± 0.13	0.69 ± 0.18	0.84
	After 12 hours	0.74 ± 0.23	0.72 ± 0.19	0.79
	After 36 hours	0.81 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.17	0.74
	After 60 hours	0.76 ± 0.21	0.75 ± 0.22	0.78
Proteinuria	At baseline	2.6 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 0.4	0.83
	After 12 hours	2.1 ± 0.41	1.9 ± 0.6	0.62
	After 36 hours	1.8 ± 0.53	1.7 ± 0.48	0.7
	After 60 hours	1.4 ± 0.34	1.6 ± 4.1	0.41