Table 2.

The results of meta-analysis based on standard mean difference (SMD).

Variables	Studies	Participants	Heterogeneity		Model	SMD	95% CI	P
			I2	P
AST	12	2420	87%	<0.001	Random	−0.96	(−1.25, −0.67)	<0.001
ALT	14	2717	60%	0.002	Random	−0.33	(−0.48, −0.17)	<0.001
TBIL	10	1750	28%	0.18	Fixed	−0.78	(−0.90, −0.66)	<0.001
ALB	12	2013	82%	<0.001	Random	0.95	(0.67, 1.23)	<0.001
LDH	12	2257	94%	<0.001	Random	−1.65	(−2.11, −1.20)	<0.001
GLB	3	552	81%	0.005	Random	−0.52	(−1.11, 0.08)	0.09
GGT	3	563	83%	0.003	Random	−0.41	(−1.01, 0.20)	0.18

AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine transaminase; TBIL, total bilirubin; ALB, albumin; LDH, lactic dehydrogenase; GLB, globulin;

GGT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase.