Table 1.

Blood biochemistry

	Control (n = 10)	Cirrhosis (n = 13)
Glucose (mmol/L)	8.71 ± 0.38	4.69 ± 0.27a
Albumin (g/L)	41.1 ± 0.3	27.4 ± 1.9a
Urea (mmol/L)	6.90 ± 0.37	5.60 ± 0.73a
Creatinine (μmol/L)	31 ± 1	26 ± 2a
Bilirubin (μmol/L)	2.9 ± 0.1	24.8 ± 6.7a
ALT (μkat/L)	0.57 ± 0.06	6.58 ± 0.99a
AST (μkat/L)	1.27 ± 0.05	14.28 ± 2.16a
ALP (μkat/L)	1.34 ± 0.11	5.66 ± 0.70a
CPK (μkat/L)	2.80 ± 0.30	4.60 ± 0.30a
Ammonia (μmol/L)	31 ± 3	111 ± 12a

Means ± SEM.

^a P ˂ 0.05 (Mann‐Whitney U test).