Table 1 Patients’ demographic and laboratory data

Age (years)

60.22 ± 8.45

61.97 ± 9.38

t = 1.389

0.166

Sex (n (%))

0.402

 Males

64 (63.4)

57 (57.6)

χ² = 0.701

 Females

37 (36.6)

42 (42.4)

Bilirubin (mg/dl)

4.80 ± 6.03

6.43 ± 7.33

U = 4425.0

0.160

Albumin (g/dl)

2.93 ± 0.47

2.12 ± 0.43

t = 8.202

< 0.001*

ALT (IU/l)

41.98 ± 37.61

49.17 ± 42.43

U = 3740.0

0.005*

AST (IU/l)

68.20 ± 56.25

94.25 ± 82.41

U = 3735.0

0.002*

ALP (IU/l)

121.03 ± 59.23

126.27 ± 69.83

U = 4311.5

0.093

GGT (IU/l)

58.96 ± 56.17

63.43 ± 69.92

U = 4949.0

0.902

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

10.21 ± 1.95

10.12 ± 1.74

t = 0.370

0.712

WBCs (× 103/mm³)

10.27 ± 6.51

11.55 ± 7.24

U = 4433.0

0.166

Platelets (× 10³/mm³)

109.40 ± 40.13

107.73 ± 41.57

U = 4896.0

0.801

INR

1.60 ± 0.42

2.1 ± 0.48

U = 2920.0

< 0.001*

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.21 ± 0.93

1.86 ± 1.02

U = 3874.5

0.006*

Urea (mg/dl)

97.96 ± 64.36

102.38 ± 66.05

U = 33863.0

0.121

Na (mEq/l)

129.55 ± 7.18

122.75 ± 6.53

t = 7.012

< 0.001*

K (mg/dl)

4.44 ± 0.88

4.38 ± 0.91

t = 0.489

0.626