Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 11 Comparison between each group before and after treatment and the two studied groups according to serum adiponectin level

From: Impact of direct-acting antiviral therapy on metabolic profiles and adiponectin serum level in different categories of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection

Serum adiponectin	Groups		T test
Serum adiponectin	Group I	Group II	t	P value
Before
Range	1.5–30μg/ml	1.8–40 μg/ml	− 1.902	0.060
Mean ± SD	11.958 ± 7.800 μg/ml	15.454 ± 10.394 μg/ml	− 1.902	0.060
After
Range	1–27 μg/ml	1.5–34 μg/ml	− 1.122	0.265
Mean ± SD	11.734 ± 7.793 μg/ml	13.514 ± 8.067 μg/ml	− 1.122	0.265
Differences
Mean ± SD	0.224 ± 5.240 μg/ml	1.940 ± 6.987 μg/ml
Paired test
Pvalue	0.764	0.055

t Student’s t test, p p value for comparing between the two groups

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