Table 2.

Biochemical indexes after 8 weeks.

Parameter	Placebo (n = 15)	PGD (n = 19)	p
ALT (U/L)	38.00 ± 9.70 (32.63–43.37)	36.32 ± 10.04 (33.06–39.57)	0.62
AST (U/L)	32.27 ± 9.64 (26.93–37.61)	35.32 ± 7.97 (32.73–37.90)	0.32
BUN (mmol/L)	5.93 ± 2.13 (4.75–7.11)	5.59 ± 1.09 (5.24–5.94)	0.58
CRE (μmol/L)	71.47 ± 14.91 (63.21–79.72)	65.91 ± 9.54 (62.82–69.00)	0.20
TG (mmol/L)	3.20 ± 1.46 (2.39–4.01)	2.85 ± 1.15 (2.48–3.23)	0.44
GLU (mmol/L)	4.72 ± 0.67 (4.35–5.10)	5.08 ± 0.58 (4.89–5.27)	0.32
TSH (uIU/mL)	6.41 ± 2.27 (5.15–7.66)	7.31 ± 1.81 (7.08–8.27)	0.21

Data given as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (95% CI (confidential intervals)).