Table 3.

Comparison of serum concentrations of LC (μg/mL) and ALC (μg/mL) before and after treatment (mean ± SD).

	Variables	Before treatment	After treatment	Statistics	P -value	Effect size	Power
Effective treatment group (n = 38)	LC	5.11 ± 1.45	5.98 ± 1.76	−3.530	0.001**	0.53	0.99
	ALC	1.79 ± 0.69	2.06 ± 0.91	−2.050	0.047*	0.32	0.86
	LC+ALC	6.90 ± 1.78	8.04 ± 2.22	−3.607	0.001**	0.56	0.99
Ineffective- treatment group (n = 17)	LC	5.25 ± 1.23	5.22 ± 1.38	0.111	0.913
	ALC	2.01 ± 0.54	1.70 ± 0.58	1.643	0.120
	LC+ALC	7.26 ± 1.35	6.92 ± 1.69	1.165	0.261

^**P < 0.01,

^*P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.