Table 2.
Baseline characteristics at 4 weeks.
| Characteristics | Observation group | Control group |
t | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALT (U/L) | 214.2 ± 71.7 | 273.2 ± 80.5 | 2.936 | 0.018★ |
| AST (U/L) | 215.9 ± 77.2 | 269.4 ± 76.2 | 2.538 | 0.040★ |
| TBIL (umol /L) | 261.7 ± 62.3 | 301.9 ± 72.5 | 3.732 | 0.001★ |
| PTA (%) | 34.3 ± 8.3 | 27.9 ±9.8 | 2.151 | 0.032★ |
| ALB (g/L) | 29.5 ± 6.8 | 27.0 ±6.5 | 2.653 | 0.048★ |
| CTP points | 8.9 ± 2.1 | 10.1 ± 2.8 | 0.988 | 0.056 |
| MELD points | 22.5 ± 5.9 | 24.1 ± 4.9 | 0.547 | 0.094 |
All values are expressed as mean ± SD. ★Statistical significant difference between groups.