Table 5 Levels of AST, ALT, ALB, TBIL, ALP, GGT, CREAT, and BUN in the two groups at baseline, day 1, and weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12

Baseline

97.00 (53.00–180.00)

69.00 (21.00–111.00)

0.217

99 (18.00–233.00)

30 (9.00–94.00)

0.171

34.20 (33.20–36.20)

32.20 (30.80–35.80)

0.773

590.07 (202.35–702.68)

420.73 (38.45–541.73)

0.116

Day 1

794.00 (342.00–1032.00)

782.00 (308.00–2120.00)

0.748

355.00 (148.00–852.00)

380.00 (259.00–935.00)

0.652

35.10 (31.50–37.00)

33.90 (30.90–35.40)

0.411

163.07 (92.93–316.96)

119.00 (39.70–167.06)

0.193

Week1

45.00 (20.00–88.00)

34.00 (24.00–34.00)

0.898

106.00 (24.00–217.00)

79.00 (58.00–219.00)

0.652

35.50 (31.90–40.40)

34.30 (31.10–36.30)

0.263

48.69 (39.30–158.60)

41.64 (15.07–86.92)

0.365

Week2

33.00 (15.25–60.25)

18.50 (12.50–37.25)

0.387

67.50 (19.50–176.25)

36.00 (17.50–116.00)

0.426

36.10 (33.40–38.70)

36.90 (34.73–40.48)

0.644

42.05 (23.73–81.29)

19.87 (15.04–42.11)

0.314

Week4

38.00 (21.00–124.00)

28.00 (17.00–36.00)

0.261

49.00 (26.00–158.00)

28.00 (17.50–55.50)

0.295

39.10 (36.60–42.60)

45.40 (40.90–47.45)

20.87 (17.14–56.74)

18.87 (11.00–28.58)

0.412

Week8

43.00 (19.00–67.00)

18.00 (14.50–39.00)

0.112

30.00 (16.00–158.00)

28.00 (15.50–91.50)

0.766

43.20 (37.50–44.50)

44.20 (41.60–47.50)

0.152

20.07 (12.70–53.24)

12.80 (8.90–15.51)

0.112

Week12

28.00 (20.00–32.00)

21.00 (18.00–40.00)

0.489

20.00 (13.00–50.50)

21.00 (13.50–96.50)

0.73

40.70 (38.85–45.65)

42.60 (41.85–46.30)

0.245

12.48 (8.42–25.97)

10.00 (9.45–12.40)

0.387

Baseline

99.00 (71.00–116.00)

99.00 (95.00–124.00)

0.478

51.00 (42.00–75.00)

49.00 (33.00–77.00)

1

71.00 (56.00–174.00)

76.00 (45.00–114.00)

0.748

5.35 (3.18–15.44)

7.73 (5.01–9.16)

0.699

Day1

63.00 (45.00–89.00)

65.00 (50.00–73.00)

0.478

51.00 (22.00–62.00)

45.00 (34.00–51.00)

1

105.00 (72.00–183.00)

92.00 (79.00–201.00)

1

11.79 (9.36–19.33)

14.28 (13.45–16.18)

0.519

Week1

68.00 (59.00–181.00)

82.00 (59.00–103.00)

0.949

78.00 (39.00–279.00)

149.00 (64.00–203.00)

0.949

54.00 (44.00–124.00)

60.00 (48.00–84.00)

0.898

17.84 (11.15–30.88)

14.68 (8.19–17.85)

0.27

Week2

99.50 (70.50–135.75)

67.00 (47.50–95.50)

0.24

103.50 (76.00–215.25)

61.50 (35.75–139.00)

0.705

68.50 (48.50–112.50)

49.50 (45.00–56.25)

0.282

14.48 (9.56–21.76)

10.97 (7.87–17.21)

0.152

Week4

105.00 (75.00–208.00)

82.00 (64.50–97.50)

0.112

78.00 (30.00–218.00)

67.00 (36.00–132.00)

0.656

66.00 (47.00–90.00)

62.00 (58.50–73.00)

0.656

8.78 (6.67–10.48)

6.40 (5.81–9.89)

0.503

Week8

125.00 (102.00–226.00)

90.00 (73.00–117.00)

0.056

95.00 (50.00–361.00)

55.00 (28.50–60.00)

83.00 (56.00–177.00)

68.00 (57.50–95.00)

0.261

11.10 (4.32–16.94)

7.56 (6.56–10.06)

0.503

Week12

86.00 (69.00–111.50)

87.00 (62.50–130.50)

1

78.00 (42.00–272.00)

35.00 (21.00–92.50)

0.094

80.00 (73.50–127.00)

77.00 (62.50–95.00)

0.436

5.80 (5.21–11.12)

7.70 (6.68–8.32)

0.077