Table 1 Serum biochemical parameters.

AST (Mean ± SD, U/L)

18.0 ± 1.9

25.0 ± 9.7^a

21.7 ± 9.3^{c, e}

20.4 ± 2.2

25.4 ± 8.9^a

29.3 ± 7.2^{c, e}

20.8 ± 3.1

29.0 ± 8.4^a

37.0 ± 5.0^{c, e}

24.0 ± 1.6

32.6 ± 9.1^a

44.0 ± 2.6^{c, f}

23.4 ± 3.2

39.0 ± 13.9^b

54.7 ± 6.0^{d, e}

24.6 ± 2.7

45.8 ± 15.4^b

61.0 ± 6.6^{d, f}

ALT (Mean ± SD, U/L)

17.6 ± 3.2

20.2 ± 7.4^a

17.7 ± 4.2^{c, e}

19.6 ± 3.6

23.4 ± 7.5^a

20.3 ± 8.5^{c, e}

18.4 ± 2.5

25.0 ± 7.2^a

23.0 ± 8.5^{c, e}

18.8 ± 2.6

28.4 ± 8.3^a

24.3 ± 8.1^{c, e}

18.2 ± 1.6

31.0 ± 8.9^a

24.6 ± 8.1^{c, e}

19.4 ± 1.5

34.4 ± 8.5^b

31.7 ± 8.1^{c, e}

Creatinine (Mean ± SD, mg/dl)

1.10 ± 0.42

0.90 ± 0.07^a

1.10 ± 0.20^{c, e}

1.08 ± 0.38

0.96 ± 0.15^a

1.33 ± 0.32^{c, e}

1.04 ± 0.34

1.02 ± 0.08^a

1.27 ± 0.40^{c, e}

0.94 ± 0.21

1.08 ± 0.13^a

1.37 ± 0.35^{c, e}

0.88 ± 0.28

1.08 ± 0.22^a

1.50 ± 0.36^{d, e}

0.90 ± 0.29

1.22 ± 0.32^a

1.63 ± 0.46^{d, f}