Table 2 Comparison of laboratory values

AST (IU/L) (median CI 95%)

36.0 (30.5 – 43.1)

52.0 (40.5- 65.2)

1.2 (1.1–1.3)

0.0009

38.0 (24.0–50-0)

62.5 (42.4–129.5)

1.2 (0.9–2-1)

0.001

0.84

ALT (IU/L) (median CI 95%)

31.0 (23.5–39-5)

41.5 (30.0–53-1)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

0.01

24.0 (18.8–45-1)

57–0 (33.0–76-6)

1.3 (0.6–1-1)

0.001

0.72

ALP (IU/L) (median CI 95%)

112.0 (98.9–118-4)

106.5 (99.7–116-2)

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

0.18

120 (86.3–149.9)

109.0 (91.1–138.7)

0.9 (0.0–1.1)

0.10

0.55

γ-GT (IU/L) (median CI 95%)

76.5 (58.9–96.7)

69.0 (54.3–99.0)

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

0.08

65.5 (30.6–134-0)

63.0 (55.0–118.9)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

0.85

0.72

Bilirubin total (mg/dL) (median CI 95%)

1.0 (1.0–1.1)

1.2 (0.9–1.4)

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

0.1

1.0 (0.8–1.3)

1.5 (0.8–1.9)

1.2 (0.7–1.3)

0.001

0.75

Bilirubin direct (mg/dL) (median CI 95%)

0.5 (0.4–0.5)

0.5 (0.5–0.7)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

0.1

0.4 (0.3–0.6)

0.7 (0.4–0.9)

1.2 (0.8–1.4)

0.0005

0.74

Albumin(g/L) (median CI 95%)

38.0 (35.0–40.5)

38.0 (34.4)

0.9 (0.0–0.9)

0.29

38.0 (26.3–41.0)

36.0 (28.5–41.7)

0.8 (0.0–1.0)

0.41

0.54

Platelet (× 10^3/μL) (median CI 95%)

93.0 (72.1–113-0)

90.0 (70.0–107.7)

1.0 (1.0–1.1)

0.52

75.0 (46.6–103.2)

65.0 (42.0–99.2)

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

0.60

1.00

Neutrophil (× 10^9/L) (median CI 95%)

1.6 (1.2–2-1)

3.3 (2.6–3.6)

1.7 (1.4–2.2)

 < 0.0001

2.0 (1.7–2.5)

3.6 (2.5–5-7)

2.2 (1.1–3.4)

0.009

0.62

INR (median CI 95%)

1.3 (1.2–1.4)

1.2 (1.2–1.4)

1.0 (1.0–1.0)

0.14

1.2 (1.1–1-3)

1.2 (1.2–1-3)

1.0 (0.8–1.0)

0.80

0.27