Table 3. Patient characteristics in the cholelithiasis surgery cohort.

Variables	Xuebijing group (n=46)	Control group (n=46)	P value
Age (y, $\overline{x}\pm s$)	58.9±10.6	55.7±11.4	0.170
Male (n, %)	37 (80.4%)	34 (73.9%)	0.441
Operation time (min, $\overline{x}\pm s$)	180.1±81.0	176.6±71.1	0.554
Intraoperative blood loss [mL, M (r)]	35 [5–200]	50 [10–400]	0.490
WBC (×109/L, $\overline{x}\pm s$)	6.5±2.8	6.7±3.4	0.771
NE (%, $\overline{x}\pm s$)	61.1±11.1	59.1±16.9	0.500
ALT [U/L, M (r)]	50 [6–672]	40 [6–260]	0.607
AST [U/L, M (r)]	37 [10–649]	37 [12–242]	0.819
TBIL [μmol/L, M (r)]	19.0 [5.8-465.4]	16.4 [4.3-237.1]	0.563

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TBIL, total bilirubin; WBC, white blood cell; NE%, neutrophil percentage.