Table 8.
Mean values of blood tests at baseline and week 16.
| Baseline | Week 16 | p (t-test) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red blood cells (RBC)/μL | 456 × 104 | 457 × 104 | 0.911 |
| White blood cells (WBC)/μL | 6,625 | 6,313 | 0.288 |
| Platelets (PLT)/μL | 31.2 × 104 | 29.3 × 104 | 0.005 |
| Hemoglobin (Hb) (g/dL) | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.929 |
| Hematocrit (Ht) (%) | 41.5 | 41.7 | 0.451 |
| MCV (fL) | 90.8 | 91.5 | 0.029 |
| MCH (pg) | 29.5 | 29.5 | 0.731 |
| MCHC (g/dL) | 32.4 | 32.2 | 0.665 |
| Total protein (TP) (g/dL) | 7.4 | 7.3 | 0.020 |
| Total cholesterol (TC) (mg/dL) | 212 | 227 | 0.011 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 74 | 76 | 0.225 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 124 | 135 | 0.012 |
| Albumin(Alb) (g/dL) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 0.590 |
| Total bilirubin (T-Bil) (mg/dL) | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.006 |
| Triglyceride (TG) (mg/dL) | 102 | 95 | 0.366 |
| Urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 13.2 | 14.0 | 0.120 |
| Creatinine (Cr) (mg/dL) | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.015 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (U/L) | 194 | 211 | 0.016 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U/L) | 17.4 | 20.5 | 0.006 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L) | 15.7 | 20.3 | 0.043 |
| gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) (U/L) | 21 | 26 | 0.130 |
| Lactic dehydrogenase (LD) (U/L) | 169 | 168 | 0.766 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 94.9 | 98.5 | 0.141 |