Table 2.

Serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), and total bilirubin

Variable	Desflurane group (n=81)	Sevoflurane group (n=81)	P
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)
T0	257.43±89.14	248.12±85.37	0.498
T1	164.15±30.70	201.92±41.37	0.001*
T2	103.54±19.40	159.11±29.80	0.001*
T3	72.34±10.25	111.56±17.59	0.001*
T4	55.20±8.04	79.40±11.38	0.001*
T5	32.70±7.25	45.20±9.34	0.001*
T6	25.70±5.40	29.38±7.50	0.001*
T7	23.90±4.51	25.11±5.50	0.127
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)
T0	235.22±66.45	227.63±58.70	0.442
T1	180.35±44.80	198.56±56.68	0.024*
T2	157.43±33.72	170.18±42.08	0.034*
T3	129.10±22.60	140.32±37.70	0.020*
T4	98.99±10.43	107.39±21.30	0.002*
T5	67.15±9.90	80.25±13.40	0.006*
T6	44.52±7.18	52.76±10.03	0.001*
T7	26.26±6.30	28.10±8.70	0.125
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)
T0	182.65±16.73	179.15±15.36	0.167
T1	172.90±10.43	175.27±12.50	0.192
T2	162.80±8.50	164.45±9.30	0.082
T3	152.40±7.10	153.28±7.34	0.439
T4	143.50±6.28	145.10±5.05	0.075
T5	134.95±4.85	136.40±5.90	0.089
T6	124.70±4.14	125.86±±4.60	0.093
T7	121.80±4.90	122.63±5.60	0.317
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)
T0	82.54±7.13	81.59±6.80	0.386
T1	75.30±6.50	75.40±6.13	0.919
T2	68.90±5.20	70.12±5.70	0.156
T3	63.96±4.90	65.19±5.10	0.119
T4	58.80±4.47	60.13±5.23	0.083
T5	52.40±4.52	53.25±4.75	0.245
T6	50.21±5.47	51.29±5.63	0.217
T7	47.80±4.60	48.11±5.52	0.698
Bilirubin (µmol/L)
T0	42.18±6.40	43.46±7.30	0.237
T1	38.24±6.38	40.04±6.55	0.078
T2	35.77±5.90	37.20±6.10	0.131
T3	31.20±7.50	33.04±6.36	0.094
T4	28.80±7.41	30.14±7.11	0.155
T5	23.96±6.30	26.01±7.92	0.069
T6	21.60±6.19	23.20±7.16	0.130
T7	16.84±5.33	18.53±6.40	0.165

*P<0.05 significant comparison between the two groups. T0 – at the preoperative period, T1 – Directly after surgery, T2 – 1^st postoperative day, T3 – 2^nd postoperative day, T4 – 3^rd postoperative day, T5 – 5^th postoperative day, T6 – 7^th postoperative day, T7 – 10^th postoperative day